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TIL that the Korean War never ended. Although the fighting between North and South Korea and their respective allies ended in July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war, engaged in a frozen conflict.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 5:29 pm

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TIL Werwolf was a Nazi plan to create a resistance force which would operate behind enemy lines as the Allies advanced through Germany.

by whatilearned April 26, 2022, 8:46 pm

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TIL that Winston Churchhill defended the collaborationist Security Batallions of Greece, which encouraged them to commit war crimes under the belief that their actions would go unpunished. Almost all of them walked free after the Allies won WWII.

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 1:11 am

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TIL that during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, the Conquistadors were joined by thousands of native allies who resented the Aztecs

by whatilearned April 10, 2022, 4:18 pm

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TIL that the last time the US declared war was against Germany and its allies during World War 2

by whatilearned April 1, 2022, 1:15 pm

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TIL about the Maine Troop Greeters, a volunteer organisation who have greeted more than a million and a half troops at Bangor International Airport since 1991. No matter the hour, members of all branches of the US military and allies are assured of a handshake, use of a free cell phone and a cookie.

by whatilearned March 22, 2022, 11:03 pm

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TIL the modern gas container, the jerry can, was invented in 1937 Germany. In the start of the WWII, the UK used leaky, flimsy tin containers called “flimsies” but soon captured jerry cans and the Allies started copying the German design. “Jerry” is short for “German”

by whatilearned March 14, 2022, 12:58 am

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TIL about Roman consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus, who was executed because he was suspected to aim for regal power by arguing for land distribution amongst the plebs and the roman allies.

by whatilearned March 13, 2022, 12:41 pm

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Why Didn’t The Allies Attack the USSR After WW2?

by HistoryBuff March 3, 2022, 2:48 pm

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TIL During WW2, Juan Pujol Garcia, an apparent Spanish businessman, played a role in convincing the Nazis that the Allies were planning to stage the majority of the landings in Pas de Calais, rather than the Normandy coast. Garcia was working for the British intel., who referred to him as Garbo

by whatilearned February 28, 2022, 9:50 am

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TIL about the Phoney War: When the Nazis invaded Poland and moved into Eastern Europe, the Allies were almost entirely inactive — until Hitler started attacking them directly.

by whatilearned February 24, 2022, 9:31 pm

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When the Allies nuked Japan to end WW2, could they not have shown their force by nuking Japan just offshore or maybe a military vessel? If the aim was to show their superior firepower, could they not have done that without nuking two major cities and taking so many innocent lives?

by QuestionGuy February 21, 2022, 7:29 pm

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