World War 2 was the bloodiest conflict in human history. There were more than 60 million World War 2 casualties resulting in death which at the time was more than 2.5% of the overall world population. The war was notable for the Nazi-sponsored genocide of the Jewish peoples resulting in more than 5.9 million deaths,

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Benito Mussolini was born in Dovia di Predappio on July 29 1883. Mussolini’s father was a blacksmith and his mother was a Catholic schoolteacher. The Mussolini household was poor, something that Mussolini would use and exaggerate later on in life for sympathy. In his early years he was often considered a wild and uncontrollable child,

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Ira Hayes was born on January 12th, 1923 and passed away on January 24th, 1955. He was a Pima Native American and more famously served as a United States Marine during World War 2. During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Ira Hayes was made famous by taking part in the flag raising on Iwo Jima

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The Gustav Gun, (properly known as the Schwerer Gustav gun), was a siege gun developed in preparation for World War 2 and is the largest caliber rifled weapon to see combat in the history of artillery. The Gustav is also notable for firing the heaviest shell of any artillery piece. The only guns to exceed

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Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in, Austria on 20 April, 1889. Adi, as he was called as a child spent his early years in Austria. Alois, his father, was a retired customs serviceman. Alois passed away when Hitler was 13 and Hitler’s mother Klara had to take care of him and his

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The military alphabet of World War 2, which is more commonly known as the NATO standard military alphabet today, is a means to pronounce the English language alphabet in a manner to ensure clarity during voice transmission over radio telephone. During World War 2, English speaking militaries such as the United States and the United

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Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd President of theUnited States of America. He has been the only President of the United States to have been elected four times. He is best known for his leadership of the United States and Free World throughout the Great Depression and the Second World War, during his time in office

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The Battle of Bastogne was a battle between American and German forces at the town of Bastogne in Belgium from 20th to the 27th December 1944, it was part of a bigger operation, the Battle of the Bulge. The battle is also known as the Siege of Bastogne. The German forces tried to reach Antwerp

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Operation Paperclip was the codename of a secret recruitment of German scientists to the United States after the end of World War II in Europe. Scientists specialized in rocket technology were the main interest for the United States. After the end of World War II it became clear that the major powers that allied to

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The first, World War 2 atomic bomb ever detonated was part of the tests to verify the functionality of the atomic bomb. The first atomic bomb test, code-named Trinity took place on July 16, 1945. After the US Army saw the demonstration of the weapon plans were soon made for it to be used against

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On 19 February 1942 the Japanese attacked the mainland of Australia for the first time consisting of two air raids on the city of Darwin. They were planned and commanded by the same commander that led the attacks on Pearl Harbor. The Battle of Darwin, or attack on Darwin was attacked using 54 bombers and

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