Unknown Facts Of World War II: Astonishing Facts You Didn't Know About World War II

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What you didn't know about second world war

They poisoned all animals in London’s ZOO as a precautionary measure. If the ZOO was bombed, animals could escape and cause more deaths.

There are speculations that Israeli Mossad knew where Mengele lived in 1960. However, he was left alone, because Israelis feared that Mengele’s arrest will alarm Adolf Eichmann.

It is commonly known, that Adolf Hitler liked to take decisions about military actions, deployment of troops and often ignored advice from experienced generals. Field marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt wanted to move two tank divisions from the Pas de Calais, but had to wait for Hitler to wake up. Hitler hated being woken up.

Rufus Misch - Hitler’s personal bodyguard supposedly said that the Holocaust was never discussed with Hitler. "If it wasn’t reported to Hitler, then he couldn’t know about it"

Two Polish doctors saved approximately 8000 Jews by faking typhoid. Thanks to this, the Nazis never entered their city.

German officer’s slot had to be refilled around 9 times during the entire duration of the War.

In January of 2015 London reached same population level as it had before World War II.

The Company behind Coca-Cola had big problems during the Second World War. Nazi Germany imposed the embargo for the production of this traditional drink. The company decided to produce a new drink from available materials. This drink got its name from the German word Fanta . Fanta became an extremely popular drink.

⅓ of Germany’s generals were killed by air attack.

A Few controversial persons took part in the trial. One of them was soviet judge Iona Nikitchenko, who participated in Stalin's labor camps during the years 1936-1938. Major Soviet prosecutor Roman Rudenko, actively participated in murdering in Katyn.

Crimes judged during the Nuremberg trials were committed before they actually became crimes. The London Charter, agreement for prosecution and punishment of war crimes was drafted on August 8, 1945. This became the main defense strategy used during this trial.

In 1974, Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda came out of the jungle. He was hiding in there for 29 years because he wasn’t aware that War ended and his country gave up.