View the powerpoint and be prepared to take a quest.

1. World War II Facts

2. 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 did not survive WW II

3. The highest ranking American was Lt. Gen. McNair. He was killed by the US Army Air Corps .

5. The youngest US serviceman was 12 years old. He was wounded in combat and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. His benefits were later restored by an act of Congress.

6. 30,000 out of the 40,000 men who served on U-Boats never returned home

7. When the US soldiers reached the Rhine River, they peed in it. So did General Patton and Winston Churchill.

8. Some air crewmen died because they could not pass gas. Un-pressurized aircraft caused gas to expand to 300% which blew them up from the inside out.

9. When the US Army landed in Africa, they brought three complete Coke bottling companies.

10. Hitler ordered 84 of his own Nazi Generals killed.

11. The only nation that Germany declared war on was the US.

12. 32 tubes of toothpaste would have provided enough tin to make one airplane