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World War II - 4,139 Strange and Fascinating Facts. Authors: Don McCombs and Fred L. Worth.

Hardback in very good condition. Approx 650 pages.

A compendium of over 4000 entries on the people, battles and events of World War II for history buffs, trivia fans and curious readers.

Test your recall and pique your curiosity:

Who said, "I am insulted by the persistent assertion that I want war. Am I a fool? War! It would settle nothing."? Adolf Hitler.

Name the Japanese battleships involved at Pearl Harbour? Hey and Kirishima.

Who was Herbert Hans Haupt? A German spy caught by the FBI in Florida.

What was Site S? The code name of Alamagordo, New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was detonated.

How did a dead poet pass on news of D-Day? 'Ode To Autumn,' by the deceased French poet Verlaine, was broadcast over the BBC to warn the French Resistance of the time of the invasion.

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