During World War II, W.C. Fields kept US $50,000 in Germany ‘in case the little bastard wins’.
During World War II, W.C. Fields kept US $50,000 in Germany ‘in case the little bastard wins’.
During World War II, W.C. Fields kept US $50,000 in Germany ‘in case the little bastard wins’.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
The United States has never lost a war in which mules were used.
The term “the whole 9 yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole 9 yards.”
The saying “it’s so cold out there it could freeze the balls off a brass monkey” came from when they had old cannons like ones used in the Civil War. The cannonballs were stacked in a pyramid formation, called a brass monkey. When it got extremely cold outside they would crack and break off… thus […]
The Sanskrit word for “war” means “desire for more cows.”
Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
Kotex was first manufactured as bandages, during WWI.