Little Known WW2 Facts-Part 5

At the time of Pearl Harbor, the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced “sink us”), the shoulder patch of the US Army’s 45^th Infantry division was the swastika, and Hitler’s private train was named “Amerika”. All three were soon changed for PR purposes.

40,000 men served on U-Boats during World War 2; 30,000 never returned

German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City but it wasn’t worth the effort.

Japan and Russia still haven’t signed a peace treaty to end World War II due to the
Kuril Islands dispute.

Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic and driver in World War II.The Queen – who served with the Number 1 ‘Beaufront’ Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service.

The Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs

The most notable case of the mosque refuge was Simon Hilali, a Sephardic Jew who survived the Holocaust…