Top 10 Little-Known Events in World War II. History I love researching WWII, people, places, technology, anything. WWII had an amazing impact on the world and there is a ton of information out there. Studying all the battles, effects and the causes might get a little boring. So, here are some very interesting and unusual events, which are not mentioned in the textbooks. This is a list of ten (unordered) events of WWII that are moderately unknown to the average person. Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as I did. Aleutian Islands Campaign On June 3rd, 1942, Japanese forces invaded and occupied Attu and Kiska, two islands which were part of the state of Alaska. Japanese holdouts were Japanese soldiers stationed on islands throughout the Pacific who refused to surrender, or did not know that Japan had surrendered. South American Involvement Although it is called “World War II”, many people do not include any South American countries on the list of combatants.
Vichy France vs. the Allies Other Europeans in Nazi Forces. 166 random WWII facts! 1 Marion Robert Morrison was the real name of John Wayne he starred in 14 WWII movies but because of a football injury, he never served in the war. However several famous actors did and were decorated, 1A Henry Fonda won a Bronze Star in the Pacific, Walter Matthau was awarded six battle stars while serving in a B-17, and David Niven was awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit. Christopher Lee was a pilot in the Royal Air Force and also won a number of awards serving with the R.A.F the Long Range Desert Group and the Special Operations Executive.2 It is said that Hitler kept a photo of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motors on his desk. and that Henry kept a photo of the Nazi on his desk in Dearborn Michigan3 Private Slovik was shot for desertion, the only American executed for the crime during WW24 Thailand saw an opportunity with the fall of France and the creation of the Vichy puppet government.
Source and read more by Anthony Molloy. 6 Mind-Blowing Things Recently Discovered From WWII. We think of the world as a crowded place -- in an era when even Mt. Everest has cell phone coverage, you wouldn't think that anything could go undiscovered for long. But you'd be surprised -- for instance, nearly seven decades after World War II ended, stuff is still turning up -- and we're not talking about an old rusty Luger here or a set of dog tags there. We're talking about stuff like... Note: The Nazis were kinda like a huge tub of Legos that we poured out on our living room floor -- even though we thought we cleaned it up seventy years ago, we still can't walk around barefoot without getting little chunks jabbing us in the heel. Whether it's college kids playing "Nazi vs Jews" beer pong, or Putin hilariously claiming that "Gay Nazis" are responsible for the Ukrainian protests, or the recently discovered secret Nazi army that existed in Post-World War II Germany, or all the even crazier stuff in this Cracked Classic.
. . . #6. Berliner-Unterwelten #5. . #4. Reuters via Wikipedia. 10 Interesting Facts About World War II That You Might Not Know. 8 Bizarre Facts About World War II. Nearly 70 years on, two countries that never fought each other on the level that the Soviet Union did with Germany, or the level that Japan did with the United States continue to have a dispute over four islands. Though today, Germany and Russia as well as Japan and the US have fairly good relationships, the four Southern Kurile islands remain an issue of conflict between Japan and Russia. As World War II drew to a close, Soviet forces had occupied these islands, but today both countries consider these islands to be theirs.
In September 1951, the Soviet Union declined to sign the San Francisco Peace Treaty because Japan believed the four islands were theirs. It has been a source of conflict ever since. Japan still considers the islands theirs, and Russia still considers them theirs. There have been countless attempts to remedy the problem over the years, but none have proved successful. (Source) 99 Fascinating Facts about World War II. Top 10 Little-Known Events in World War II.