From the Trivia link:
Hitler was a teetotaller, non-smoker,and a Vegetarian.
Himmler was a chicken farmer.
The Soviets by far lost the most people during the war.
I recommend the movie "Stalingrad". Its a foreign film, but it is rivoting!
That is what Hell must be like...
I watched a Documentary on Japanese - Chinese part of the war.
Americans and the British supplied the Chinese resistance, thus perpetuating the conflict. The Japanese were fighting a
race war as they consolidated China, and tried to convince the Chinese of that...
Bad Stuff!
Norway lost 5,000 service men. They endured some Nazi occupation when they left Finland.
My friend in Austria, whom I visited, said that Austrians are still resentful of Germans.
Man, talk about an event that shapes our lives to this day!
Many of the Legionairres are dying now from old age. I recommend you siphon as much knowledge from them as possible...
Does anyone have any cool tidbits on WWII??