Regarding WWII: Who do you know most about, and what do you know?

Answer 1

Several of the RAF pilots wrote autobiographies, or biographies written, and they were some of my favourite books I read as a young teenager, and made a huge impression on me.
I also enjoyed the escape stories.
Most were English stories like
" The Great Escape"
" Colditiz"
" Colditz The Latter Years"
" Colditz The German Story"
" Fly For Your Life"
" Reach for the Sky"
" Mark of the Lion"
" The Dambusters"

These spring to mind instantly, an I think I could name the authors.

There are two other stories that deserve to be mentioned
" Scourge of the Swastika"
" Knight's of Bushido"
Both are about the atrocities of the Nazi's and the Japanese, so I knew all about the holocaust, long before it became a hot topic as it is today.

Answer 2

Wow, if I had to pick one person, it would be Anne Frank. I read "The Diary of Anne Frank" when I was a teenager, like Anne, and it had a very powerful effect on me. Of course, like many teens, I was interested in the war, the concentration camps, etc. but Anne Frank was this young girl, on the edge of being a woman, forced to live in hiding and, ultimately, found and killed along with most of her family.

I saw an exhibit about Anne Frank a few years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it was very interesting. I've also been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC and it was very moving.

I find everything about the Holocaust victims interesting, the lives they lead before they were rounded up, the way they lived in the camps, the way they died and the way they are remembered to this day. They say the camp at Auschwitz is one of the most haunted spots on Earth and I can well imagine why. I think it would be interesting to go there some day.

Answer 3

My father was with the 32ND Infantry division, he was on the Siegfried line for 82 days under fire, without supplies and food.
He walked across France and Belgium, part of Germany. He was wounded. He was away from home two years.

A good friend, both of my father and mine. Was in the German army, he was on the Eastern front and taken prisoner. He expected to be shot, the Russians were shooting all German prisoners. He was put away in a P.O.W. camp for many years, he was released in 1957 and walked home to Germany. His family was gone, after twelve years. He came to America and started life over.

Answer 4

The H in my name is History and WWII is my favourite topic.

Answer 5

my dad.he was in the navy and had his ship hit a mine off the coast of France and another took some hits from Japanese aircraft in the pacific. he lived to tell about it.

Answer 6

what a subjective question, be more specific