i need to make a post card for history about a secret from world war 2 does anyone have any ideas for me?

Answer 1

One of WWII's biggest secrets was the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the code name for the large group of scientists and technicians who built the first atomic bomb. Maybe you can work that in. The center of activities for the Manhattan Project was in the desert near Alamagordo, New Mexico.

Answer 2

I second Enigma: certainly the most important secret of WW2, and a great tale as well (though the recent movie of the same name is mostly rubbish). The Germans never had any idea that many of the codes were being read, and the knowledge gained from it was decisive in many, many battles in WW2. For instance after D-Day the commander of the German Ground forces in Normandy, Gyer von Schweppenburg, moved his headquarters to a house in the area. Because of Enigma, the Allies knew exactly where it was and killed the whole top brass of the German forces.

The story of Enigma involved Polish patriots who stole parts from the machine, an amazing British mathematician called Alan Turing (whose life story is itself a tragedy of vicious treatment at the hands of his own country), and lots of cunning.

It doesn't really involve any Americans which might be a problem for a country that often sees no value in the wider human experience.

The deception plan for D-Day was called 'Operation Fortitude', and it was very effective: the Germans were waiting for a second invasion by enormous, but non-existent, Allied armies. A German spy named Richard Sorge was also very interesting: he gave vital secrets to the Russians which were decisive in several battles: for instance he confirmed the Japanese would not attack Russia in late 1941, allowing Stalin to transfer the troops guarding against this threat to the defence of Moscow: the arrival of these Siberian soldiers was the turning point of the battle.

Other interesting secrets include the development of radars and other equipment to allow the Royal Air Force to bomb Germany by night: each side developed radars and countermeasures (jammers) in a technological battle that went back and forth for years. These devices went by names like 'window', 'Monica', 'Wurzburg', 'H2S' and so on- you can google these with 'bombing' and/or 'RAF' to get info.

Finally, the Germans developed a giant, 180-tonne tank called 'Maus' which was quite silly and interesting. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche of sports car and Volkswagen Beetle fame.

Answer 3

One of the secrets from WWII that was kept until at least the 1990's had to do with codes and how not to have your code broken. Linguists told the Intelligence officers that while a code could be broken a language had to be learned. If they could find a language that no Japanese knew they could treat it as an unbreakable code.
Various American Indian tribes had languages that the Japanese did not know. Navajo was the one that was chosen. Navajos were recruited to become "code-talkers." Most of the vessels in the Pacific theater had at least one Navajo on board. A Navajo in a signal room talking on a microphone would be a great post card.

Answer 4

The Germans used the ENIGMA CODE to send messages to their troops telling them what to do, where to attack. The code was broken by Britain and a message was intercepted and decoded. The message gave details about the bombing of the city of Coventry, England. Prime Minister Churchill decided that no action could be taken to stop this because it would let the Germans know that the code was broken. So the city of Coventry was flattened to the ground in a German air raid, the cathedral was the only building left standing. There is a movie about 3 years old called the Enigma Code about this. The actual machine used to break the code is presently owned by Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones.

Answer 5

Go with the germans losing an agent from the ss. They had intercepted a secret letter from the french underground, about a meeting with francis, the agent.

The ss sent an agent to this meeting, alright. The ss agent was shot, and killed by the french underground cell. Why?

The agent named francis in the letter was a girl. The ss had sent a guy! They couldnt tell the gender of the name, so they lost an agent. this was a well kept secret because the ss were too embarrassed to admit it.

Answer 6

How about the secret invasion of Normandy on D-Day?

Or the fact that Japanese bombs fell not only on Oregon, but also as far east as Western Montana. Dropped from giant weather baloon like things. Pretty much all of them were duds. But one went off and injured some people.

You could always use Japanese Internment Camps. Or how about German POW camps inside the United States?

Answer 7

Afetr Pearl Harbor was bombed, they found bed sheets laid out in the shapes of arrows...pointing the way into Pearl Harbor...they would have been visible from the air to the Japanese pilots. There has been speculation for years as to whether or not Pres. Roosevelt knew about these sheets or whether he had anything to do with them being placed there. He was known to have said, a few years prior to this "What this country needs is a good war!" HMMMMMM.........

Answer 8

Katyn Forest is a cracker.
It was only discovered recently (in the 90's) to be the scene of a massacre of tens of thousands by Stalin. It was kept a secret by naming it Katyn, so it would be confused with Katin in Poland where the Nazis destroyed the village for no reason and killed 183 people.

Answer 9

The secret seems to be trivial but they proceeded with the WWII just the same. Its about marketing US products on pharmaciutical that Japan rejected. Its not interesting though but the reality sucks.

Answer 10

There is a Japanese bomb half buried in the ground in Warrenton, Oregon. It came from a Japanese submarine that managed to sneak in close enough to the coastline. It is the only time an enemy bomb has ever hit the continental U.S.

You might goole it or go to Warrenton OR.com