It also stated that Germany would pay for damages caused by the war, and could only have a small army with no air force, submarines, or tanks. Adolf Hitler was able to convince the German people to give him the power to improve conditions in Germany and restore the country’s strength ...
Americans received ration cards they had to present at gas stations before filling their tanks. Each card allowed them to purchase a certain amount depending on their employment. Essential workers (e.g., doctors, police, and mail carriers) were allowed more gas than the average person. ...
Tanks were initially called “landships.” However, in an attempt to disguise them as water storage tanks rather than as weapons, the British decided to code name them “tanks.”[3] French Second Lieutenant Alfred Joubaire wrote in his diary about WWI just before he died that “Humanity is...
The Allied troops utilized battleships, naval vessels, destroyers, minesweepers, escorts, assault craft, and battle tanks. Erwin Rommel, the head of the German defenses in Normandy, established a fortified wall known as the Atlantic. He was actually on leave at the time of the invasion. The ...
115. Since 1945, all British tanks are equipped with tea-making facilities. Having 30 tanks destroyed by the Germans while English soldiers were taking a 15-minute tea break, British high command realized if tank crews could make a brew on the go, then they wouldn’t be susceptible to bein...
The Spanish Flu Was Deadlier Than WWI World War I brought about massive social upheaval, as millions of women entered the workforce to replace men who went to war and those who never came back. The first global war also helped to spread one of the world’s deadliest global pandemics, the...
In fact, the Germans broke through the line with their tanks and planes and continued to the rear, rendering it useless. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was evacuated by sea fromDunkirkin late May, while in the south French forces mounted a doomed resistance. With France on the verge...