Top 10 Interesting and Unknow FactsAbout World War 2
The Nazis had a plan to create a giant mirror in space that could focus sunlight on enemy cities and burn them to the ground.Although the plan never came to fruition.
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The US Navy trained dolphins during World War II to detect underwater mines and protect ships from potential danger. This program was so successful.
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The Soviet Union had a secret army of dogs that were trained to carry explosives to enemy tanks and detonate them.
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British used a fake corpse, filled with fake documents and false intelligence, to deceive the Germans and convince them to move their forces away from the real attack.
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The Nazis developed a drug called Pervitin, which was a form of methamphetamine that could keep soldiers awake for days at a time.
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In 1945, a German submarine surrendered to a fishing boat off the coast of Maine. The crew of the U-boat had run out of supplies and had been drifting in the Atlantic for weeks.
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The US government used comic books to educate soldiers about everything from basic hygiene to complex military tactics.
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The Nazis were the first to create a functioning jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262, which could fly at speeds of over 500 mph and was far ahead of its time.
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The US military attempted to create a bat bomb, which involved strapping incendiary devices to bats and dropping them over enemy cities.
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The world's first programmable computer, Colossus, was used by the British during World War II to crack Nazi codes and help turn the tide of the war.