Does Anyone know anything about World War 2?

Question

I need to know information about it and if you were in it and tell me some facts i will Appreciate it!

Answer 1

You should read the book Flyboys, its really eye opening loaded with facts and quotes and stories about the guys in it, also watch Band of Brothers. One story I learned in Flyboys was about George Bush Sr., his plane went down off of iwo or chichi jima and he was out in the sea, the japanese could see him out in the water from up on the mountain, they were waiting until the US planes were done bombing them to go out and get him, well a US plane saw where he dropped and was able to radio the coordinates to a submarine which then went and retrieved him, the Japanese were awed by this, noway there subs would come to just save one man. The two other men that were in his plane were captured by the Japanese and beheaded. When George was interviewed about it when the book was being written he said he thinks about those guys every single day....thats just one story, its a really great book.

Answer 2

It was called a World War for a reason. It was fought all the way around the world and from north of the Arctic Circle to south of the Antarctic Circle.

Six years of events on a global scale may be more than the answer blocks here can hold. It officially began September 1, 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and hostilities officially ended August 14, 1945 with Japan's announcement that they would surrender unconditionally. The surrender documents were signed September 2, 1945 aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

In between, millions of people fought and died, some bravely, some as cowards and some as innocent victims.

Please narrow your scope.

Answer 3

You do realize that those guys are in their 80's. Probably not a lot of them hooked up.

I will suggest doing a search on the Aleutians Islands. That part of the war never got a lot of press after the war.

My Dad was with the 206th Coast Artillery up to March 44 and then sent to France. Ended up in HQ/2/317 80th ID 3rd Army on 6 Sep 44. I found confirmation of his stories in a book written by an Lt. in H/2/317 "You can't get closer than this" it's still in print.

You want facts you should be watching the Ken Burns Documentary showing on PBS. They are not showing only smiley faces, there is graphic details, executions, piles of bodies. One of my uncles talked about piles of bodies he saw in the South Pacific. Now I have seen the pictures.

You can make a career out of the study of WWII or VietNam.

You need to ask a very, I say again "very", pointed question. General questions require many hours of research.

Answer 4

What did you specifically want to know?

The war is HUGE there are tones of facts about it all over the place, but you need to specify exactly what you ant to know or you will be swimming through facts till the end of the next century.

Tell us what specifically you want and I am sure any number of people on here will be happy to help you out.
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Answer 5

We suffered more casualties in the first 24 hours on Iwo Jima than in the last 2 wars in Iraq. We didn't quit.

Answer 6

The War after WW1 and before the Korean conflict!

Answer 7

The answer to this question would be so expansive I would run out of memory. Also WW2 has so many facets to it and so many theaters of operation. I suggest you get an almanac type of book on this subject. Try your library.