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Da de da. From book WW2 Fascinating Facts
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.
Nickname given to a German Railway Gun.
Sir William Stephenson. Sir William Stephenson was a close friend of Ian Fleming.
| 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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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.
She co-invented a torpedo guidance sysytem, that was approved but not used.
Warm Springs. In 1927 he established a charitable foundation there for the rehabilitation of polio patients.
| On which two beaches did the British land on D-Day? | 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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| What was the biggest tank battle of World War II? | 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 general commanded the U.S. 3rd army in the Battle of the Bulge? | 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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| Who was Adolf Hitler's mistress most of the war and who he married a day before he commited suicide? | 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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| When did the signing of the Japanese surrender treaty aboard the USS Missouri take place? | World War II
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The Manhattan Project. The first allied atomic bomb to be used against an enemy target was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6th, 1945. Between 140,000 and 200,000 citizens died as a result.
| In the summer of 1940 the German High Command drew up plans for the invasion of Britain. What was the code name for this operation? | World War 2 Operations
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Operation Sea Lion. This operation was abandoned as the Luftwaffe failed to gain air supremacy over England.
Operation Barbarossa. During World War 2 over 20 million Soviet citizens perished.
| The Allies tried to fool the Germans into believing that they were going to invade France through the French port of Calais. To this end they built elaborate fake installations in the Dover area of south-east England. What was the code name given to this operation? | World War 2 Operations
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Operation Fortitude. The Germans were deceived by this operation and diverted a large number of their troops to the Calais area.
Operation Overlord. The allied invasion force on D-Day consisted of 5,000 ships and 165,000 men.
| On September 8th, 1943 General Mark Clark led the US 5th Army on this invasion of the Italian Mainland, code named? | World War 2 Operations
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Operation Avalanche. General Clark accepted the final German surrender in Italy in May 1945.
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