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"U" Trivia Ustashi - Yugoslavian guerrillas and terrorists
"U" Trivia Ustashi - Yugoslavian guerrillas and terrorists backed by Mussolini, who were opposed by Tito and his partisans. U-352 - Second Germ...
"D" Trivia: Darlan, Jean Francois - French Admiral and
"D" Trivia: Darlan, Jean Francois - French Admiral and Commander in Chief of the French Navy. He was the Vichy commander in Africa who passed mil...
"K" Trivia: K-74 - Designator of the only U.S. Navy blimp
"K" Trivia: K-74 - Designator of the only U.S. Navy blimp to be shot down by a submarine during WWII. On July 18, 1943, under Commander Nel...
"C" Trivia: Caen - French city in Normandy that was scheduled
"C" Trivia: Caen - French city in Normandy that was scheduled to be captured by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery by June 7, 1944 - within 24 hour...
"S" Trivia: Sand, Eugene T. - U.S. Navy officer. As the
"S" Trivia: Sand, Eugene T. - U.S. Navy officer. As the commander of the submarine U.S.S. Sawfish in February 1943, he mistakenly sank two Russia...
"F" Trivia: First Motion Picture Unit - U.S. Army Air Force
"F" Trivia: First Motion Picture Unit - U.S. Army Air Force training film unit that was commanded by Colonel Jack Warner. A few members were Capt...
"R" Trivia: Rainbow Order - Message sent out to the German
"R" Trivia: Rainbow Order - Message sent out to the German Navy in the last days of the war that called for all ships to be scuttled to prevent...
"N" Trivia Neale, Robert H - U.S. fighter pilot. He was the
"N" Trivia Neale, Robert H - U.S. fighter pilot. He was the top scoring ace of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the Flying Tigers, w...
"X" Trivia: X-7 - British submarine that was one of the two
"X" Trivia: X-7 - British submarine that was one of the two selected to lay markers delineating the sides of the invasion corridor to Normandy in ...

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