A gunners day is never done

so here is a dose of world war II history

facts:-

Between 1939 and 1945 the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, An average of about 27,700 tons of bombs each month.
(thats 1 shit load of bombs)

80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive World War 2
(wonder what happen to the other 20%)

3 or 4 ground men were wounded for each killed
(so if i had a group of 5 ppl 1 is meant to die and the other 4 wounded)

6 bomber crewmen were killed for each one wounded
(bad statics)

There were 433 Medals of Honor awarded during World War 2, 219 of them were given after the receipiant's death

40,000 men served on U-Boats during World War 2; 30,000 never returned

The US Army had more ships that the US Navy.
(why?)

The German Air Force had 22 infantry divisions, 2 armor divisions, and 11 paratroop divisions. None of them were capable of airborne operations. The German Army had paratroops who WERE capable of airborne operations.
(haha...get it?)

84 German Generals were executed by Hitler
(better not get on his bad side)

Among the first "Germans" captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were capture by the US Army.
(koreans? really? so sesat)

in the concentration camps an average of 6000 jews were killed in the gas chamber daily
(my advise...dont be a german jew during WW II)

women's hair (shaved from the heads of victims before they entered the gas chambers) was recycled for use in products such as rugs and socks.
(SOCKS!!! out of dead ppls hair?can u imagine if ur feets were freezing in the night?...i'd rather let my toes drop off)

Most members of the Waffen SS were not German.
(let me guess...they were koreans?)

The only nation that Germany declared war on was the USA.
(so much for draging all of europe into war...)


best funny fact:-
A number of air crewmen died of farts.yes u read correct FARTS (ascending to 20,000 ft. in an un-pressurized aircraft causes intestinal gas to expand 300%!)


heres a poem written by a pregnant wife of a soider that went of to fight in world war II..

WAR BABY
He has not even seen you, he
Who gave you your mortality;
And you, so small, how can you guess
His courage or his loveliness?

Yet in my quiet mind I pray
He passed you on the darkling way -
His death, your birth, so much the same -
And holding you, breathed once your name.

- Pamela Holmes


thats all for now...nites...
dont let those torpedoes wake u...