15 Unknown facts about World War 2

All the important dates and battles of World War 2 are known to majority of people as the are highlighted frequently, but there are also some other facts about the war which are not brought into focus.
Here are some unknown facts about world war 2.

  1. For every 5 German soldiers who died in WWII, 4 of them died on the eastern front.


 2. 80% of the Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive the war.

 3. Max Heiliger was the fictitious name the SS used to establish a bank account in which they deposited money, gold and jewels taken from the European Jews.


 4. Out of the 40,000 men who served on the U-boats during World War II only 10,000 returned.


 5. More Russians both military and civilian lost their lives during the siege of Leningrad then did American and British soldiers combined in all of World War II.


 6. From 1940 to 1945 the US defense budget increased from $1.9 billion to $49.8 billion.

 7. In 1941 a Private earned $21/month, in 1942 a Private earned $50/month.




 8. William Hitler, nephew of Adolf Hitler was in US Navy during World War II. He changed his name after the war.

 9. The greatest tank battle in history occurred between the Germans and Russians at the Kursk salient in Russia from 4th to 22nd July 1943, more than 3,600 tanks were involved.




10. Before Nazi Germany decided to eliminate the Jews by gassing them, it had considered sending them to the Island of Madagascar.


11. If it became necessary to drop a third atom bomb on Japan, the city that would have been the target was Tokyo.

12. Historian believe that the Battle of Stalingrad(1942 - 1943) during  World War II was the bloodiest battle in history(800,000 – 1,600,000 casualties).




13. U.S. Marines in the Pacific used the Navajo language to code messages during World War II. The Japanese never cracked it.

14. During WW 2 hamburgers in the U.S were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.

15. The Nazis pirated the Harvard “fight song” to compose their Sieg Heil march.


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