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1clickdown Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 102152 Localisation : Laurentides Date d'inscription : 30/10/2007
| Sujet: Strange WWII Facts Sam 19 Jan 2013 - 8:32 | |
| J'ai trouvé ça sur Sniper's Hide, comme j,ai trouvé ça intéressant, je partage avec vous.
You might enjoy this from Col D. G. Swinford, USMC, Ret., and history buff. You would really have to dig deep to get this kind of ringside seat to history:
1. The first German serviceman killed in WW II was killed by the Japanese ( China , 1937). The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians ( Finland 1940); highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. So much for allies.
2. The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old: Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. His benefits were later restored by act of Congress. (see the movie"Too Young The Hero)
3. At the time of Pearl Harbor , the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced 'sink us'); the shoulder patch of the US Army's 45th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler's private train was named 'Amerika.' All three were soon changed for PR purposes.
4. More US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. [Actually the 8th Air Force alone suffered about 5,000 more KIA than the entire Marine Corps in WW2.] While completing the required 30 missions, an airman's chance of being killed was 71%.
5. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter pilot. You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese Ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a passenger on a cargo plane.
6. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th round with a tracer round to aid in aiming. This was a mistake. Tracers had different ballistics, so (at long range) if your tracers were hitting the target, 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet tracers, instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo. This was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go down.
Here's something related from 5th SF, Detachment B-52's Tips of the Trade item #32; "Tracers work both ways".
7. When allied armies reached the Rhine , the first thing men did was pee in it. This was pretty universal from the lowest private to Winston Churchill (who made a big show of it) and Gen. Patton (who had himself photographed in the act).
8. German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City , but they decided it wasn't worth the effort.
9. German submarine U-1206 was sunk by a malfunctioning toilet.
10. Among the first 'Germans' captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.
11. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 United States and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands . 21 troops were killed in the assault on the island. It could have been worse if there had been any Japanese on the island.
12. The last marine killed in WW2 was killed by a can of spam. He was on the ground as a POW in Japan when rescue flights dropping food and supplies came over, the package came apart in the air and a stray can of spam hit him and killed him. |
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Buffalo Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 16444 Localisation : Couronne nord Loisirs : milsurps et autres vieux cossins Date d'inscription : 28/12/2010
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Sam 19 Jan 2013 - 8:36 | |
| Intéressant!
Pour ce qui est de l'allemand tué en Chine par les Japonais, ça ne m'étonne pas. L'Allemagne fournissait des cadres pour la "formation" à l'armée gouvernementale chinoise et celle-ci était structurée et équipée à l'allemande. Ces aviseurs commandaient souvent non-officiellement des unités chinoises, ce que le Japon n'appréciait pas, puisque le Japon et l'Allemagne avaient déjà signé un traité d'alliance. Il y avait un léger conflit d'intérêt...
Dernière édition par Buffalo le Sam 19 Jan 2013 - 8:45, édité 1 fois |
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Popymoy Modérateur
Nombre de messages : 19822 Age : 67 Localisation : Saguenay Emploi : Retraité Loisirs : Tout ce qui me fait du bien et m'oxygène l'esprit Date d'inscription : 06/01/2010
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Sam 19 Jan 2013 - 8:39 | |
| Spécial pareil. Merci 1cd |
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Kohrvarik Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 1799 Age : 48 Localisation : Laval Emploi : encore 9 ans avant la retraite Lol Loisirs : Milsurps, Magic et Muscle Cars Date d'inscription : 21/04/2012
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Sam 19 Jan 2013 - 9:01 | |
| super bon |
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kaboom Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 11369 Localisation : sur une île Date d'inscription : 22/01/2011
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Sam 19 Jan 2013 - 12:14 | |
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tireur53 Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 2530 Localisation : Club de Tir de Montréal Emploi : mecanique Loisirs : la vie Date d'inscription : 09/05/2010
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Dim 20 Jan 2013 - 10:22 | |
| pour le me-264, il lui fallait un ravitaillement en vol pour ce rendre au états, et les ravitaillement en vol n'était pas bien vu et au point en 1940, donc le projet a été mis de coté et seulement trois bombardiers prototype ont été construit |
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300wby Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 4257 Age : 43 Localisation : beauport Emploi : ent .tuyauteur Loisirs : tir,reload,chasse...vtt...supporter mon labrador chocolat Date d'inscription : 07/01/2008
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Dim 20 Jan 2013 - 14:14 | |
| la 9 mais fait vraiment rire!..y a til un plombier a bord? |
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macoizo Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 6082 Age : 61 Localisation : Rimouski Emploi : Fabrication de skis Date d'inscription : 04/04/2009
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Lun 21 Jan 2013 - 12:13 | |
| En plus, pour le cas du U-1206, c'est le commandant lui-même, si je ne m'abuse qui a mal utilisé la fameuse toilette spéciale qui est à l'origine du drame!!! On peut dire qu'il s'est lui même...mis dan'marde!!!!! |
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n0th1ng Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 8660 Age : 45 Localisation : longueuil Date d'inscription : 09/12/2007
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Lun 21 Jan 2013 - 13:52 | |
| le numero 10 ya un filme la dessu me souvient pas du tire...tk c vraiment poche ce qui on du subire !!! |
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tireur53 Grande gueule / Big mouth
Nombre de messages : 2530 Localisation : Club de Tir de Montréal Emploi : mecanique Loisirs : la vie Date d'inscription : 09/05/2010
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Lun 21 Jan 2013 - 19:10 | |
| dans le u-1206, le mal fonctionnement d'une toilet a déversé de l'eau sur les batteries qui ce trouvait en dessous et une réaction a fait qu'un gas c'est formé et forcé le capitaine a faire surface, c'est l'a qu'il ce sont fait repérer et coulé, Quatres marins sont morts, les autres ont survécu |
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JustinF Actif / Active
Nombre de messages : 280 Age : 43 Localisation : St-Lazare Date d'inscription : 30/10/2012
| Sujet: Re: Strange WWII Facts Lun 21 Jan 2013 - 19:26 | |
| - 300wby a écrit:
- la 9 mais fait vraiment rire!..y a til un plombier a bord?
lol , on dirait pas |
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