Top 10 Little-Known Events of World War II-- Part 2

5.  OTHER EUROPEANS IN GERMAN FORCES--  Troops from the countries of Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Norway and even Britain fought alongside the Germans.

4.  JAPANESE FIRE BALLOONS--  From the fall of 1944 into early 1945, some 9000 balloons were launched from Honshu.  Only 1000 got as far as North America.  Six Americans were killed in one explosion.

3.  STALAG LUFT III--  The Great Escape.

2.  THE NI IHAU INCIDENT--  A Hawaiian Island.  On December 7, 1941, Japanese pilots were told that if their plane was damaged to land there because it was uninhabited.  One did land there and found it was inhabited.  He was treated like a guest until the islanders found out about the attack.  The Japanese descent islanders tried to help him escape, but he and one of the islanders were killed.

1.  THE DEATH MATCH--  A soccer game played between a POW Soviet team and a Luftwaffe team.  The Soviets won 5-3 despite some very prejudicial refereeing .  Many of the Soviets were tortured and treated harshly.

Sore Losers.  --GreGen