16. The largest Japanese spy ring was actually located in Mexico.
17. The first Allied bomb dropped on Berlin killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
18. The mortality rate for POWs in Russian camps was 85%.
19. Had it been necessary for a third atom bomb, it would have been used on Tokyo.
20. Japanese Army intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender until 1974. His former commander traveled to the Philippines and personally issued orders to relieve him of his post.
21. Total casualties in the war were between 50 million and 70 million. Of those, 80% came from the Soviet Union, China, Germany and Poland. Fifty percent of them were civilians, a majority of whom were women and children.
Some Interesting Stuff. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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