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April 12, 1945. Franklin D. Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12th, 1945 from cerebral hemorrhage. He was just over 63 years old when he died.
Warm Springs. In 1927 he established a charitable foundation there for the rehabilitation of polio patients.
She co-invented a torpedo guidance sysytem, that was approved but not used.
Axis Sally. Her real name was Mildred Gillars (1900-88). She was convicted of treason in 1949 and sentenced to 10-30 years. She was released in 1961.
| On what date did Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, and in turn the United States declared war on Germany and Italy? | World War II Interesting Facts
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Sir William Stephenson. Sir William Stephenson was a close friend of Ian Fleming.
Nickname given to a German Railway Gun.
Al Smith. Garner served two terms, Wallace one, and Truman just a few short weeks before he was elevated to the presidency by FDR's death in April, 1945.
Da de da. From book WW2 Fascinating Facts
| When did the signing of the Japanese surrender treaty aboard the USS Missouri take place? | World War II
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| On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on what city? | World War II
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| Who was Adolf Hitler's mistress for most of World War II and the woman whom he married a day before committing suicide? | World War II
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| What German field marshal, also known as 'Desert Fox' was in charge of the Atlantic Wall? | World War II
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| What general commanded the U.S. 3rd army in the Battle of the Bulge? | World War II
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| What was the name of the American general who captured Rome two days before D-Day? | World War II
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| What was the biggest tank battle of World War II? | World War II
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| What was the German code name for the summer offensive against Russia in 1941? | World War II
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| On which two beaches did the British land on D-Day? | World War II
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| What was the name of the US warship upon which the final Japanese surrender was accepted, on September 2nd, 1945? | World War 2 Operations
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USS Missouri. During the six years of World War 2 approximately 50 million people, both service personnel and civilians were killed.
| Only 3 men of a crew of 1,420 survived the sudden explosion of this British ship, engaged in a battle with the German warship 'Bismarck' on May 24th, 1941? | World War 2 Operations
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HMS Hood. Only eight minutes into the attack on the Bismarck by the British warships Hood and Prince of Wales, the Hood was hit amidships by a shell from the Bismarck. It exploded and sank in less than five minutes.
| From July 1942 to January 1943 Australian troops fought a bloody battle against the Japanese along a muddy jungle trail that tranversed the highlands of New Guinea. What was the name of this trail? | World War 2 Operations
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The Kokoda Track. The Battle of the Kokoda Traack (sometimes referred to as Kokoda Trail) lasted six gruelling months and was the first land defeat suffered by the Japanese in World War II.
| In 'Operation Thunderclap' on February 13-15 1945 the RAF and US Army Air Force devasted a major German city. Which was it? | World War 2 Operations
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Dresden. Up to that point, Dresden had been left largely untouched by Allied bombing, because of its lack of strategic targets. The preferred range of estimates of the number of people killed (mainly civilian) has narrowed in the 21st century to about 25,000.
| What was the name of the decisive naval battle, in June 1942, that saw the destruction of a major part of the Japanese fleet? | World War 2 Operations
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The Battle of Midway. The Japanese attempted to draw the US Pacific Fleet into the open sea and destroy it. The plan failed, and this battle marked the end of Japan's naval dominance in the Pacific.
Darwin. Darwin was bombed 63 times over a period of 21 months. The most devastating attack occurred on February 19th, 1942.
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