11. Only one of every four German U-boats survived the war.
12. The Siege of Stalingrad resulted in more Soviet deaths that the United States and Britain sustained in the entire war.
13. To avoid using the German-sounding name "Hamburger," Americans started calling them "Liberty Steak."
14. Adolf Hitler's nephew, William Hitler, served in the U.S. Navy.
15. Adolf Hitler and Henry Ford kept a framed picture of the other on his desk.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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