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TIL about rescue buoys used in the English channel in WWII. Designed to provide shelter for the pilots or crew of aircraft shot down or forced to make an emergency landing over water, they contained food, cigarettes, liquor, flares and even board games to pass the time.

by whatilearned September 7, 2022, 1:35 pm

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TIL, the CIA hunted down top Nazi scientists after WWII, in hopes of convincing them to help develop weapons and the space program that took the US to the moon. These Nazis and their families received full American Citizenship and their war crimes were well known to the officers that found them

by whatilearned September 3, 2022, 11:30 pm

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TIL after WWII, leaders in the Catholic helped war criminals escape prosecution in Europe by easing their passage to South America

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 8:09 pm

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Today I learned that Donald Duck was legally drafted into and discharged from the US Army during WWII

by whatilearned August 29, 2022, 12:18 am

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TIL the oldest verified Austrian man so far is the accomplished mathematician Leopold Vietoris (1981-2002), who finished his thesis as a WWI’s POW, fought in WWII at the age of 50, and wrote his last research paper at the age of 103

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 9:48 am

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TIL about the Battle of the Atlantic during WWII. “In the first four months of 1942, German U-boats ravaged the shipping lanes off North Carolina, sinking almost 40 ships during that period. It is an often overlooked piece of American history.”

by whatilearned August 27, 2022, 4:10 am

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Was recently in Lake of the Woods, MN and discovered that several WWII German prisoner of war internment camps were there to support pulp wood production for the war. Interesting history here:

by HistoryBuff August 21, 2022, 4:21 pm

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TIL a rugby player ran a 90km marathon in his rugby boots and later organized a Test match in a WWII POW camp

by whatilearned August 20, 2022, 2:47 pm

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TIL that Iceland, despite being neutral, was invaded by the British in WWII.. which eventually led to their independence.

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 9:55 am

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Lost in 1944 during WWII, Rifleman Chinta Bahadur’s life continues to be celebrated in his Army battalion through a sheep

by HistoryBuff August 15, 2022, 4:56 am

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Coming soon: An underwater search for WWII wreckage off Alaska’s Attu Island

by HistoryBuff August 15, 2022, 2:57 am

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TIL During WWII, a U.S. naval destroyer won a battle against a Japanese submarine by throwing potatoes at them. The Japanese thought they were grenades.

by whatilearned August 9, 2022, 12:53 pm

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