Pop Quiz! who was the most decorated soldier during WWII?
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Too easy, Audie Murphy.  Bonus question, who knows where is grave is at Arlington?
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over 45 million. world war 2 was because Hitler was being a jack ass.
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When you say "allied forces" you generally are referring to the allies (America, France, England, Russia, Australia, Canada, etc.)  The Axis was the German, Italian, and Japanese forces.
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I don't have a set religion, but I would have to say Jesus. Hitler had mental issues, and he had his own Secret Soldiers kill a group of Nazis called Stormtroopers killed in an inn because they were deemed ineffective. Jesus has the help of God, who could just smote Hitler down with a terrible bowel movement, and Jesus could die but he would just be ressurected again.
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I vote for hitler. I mean, hitler is the most famous person of all time nonreligious. Not like I would vote for him. He wasn't even republican.
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Genghis Kahn.\n\nSure, he was a psychotic bastard, who's wars killed several million people, but he was a strategic genius.
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I found some sites with information about a John Willey. I hope at least one of these is the soldier you are looking for.
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Im sure people asked this in ww2 too. what did we get in return?  The end of the war.
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there are a lot of events in WWII. \n1.) Pearl Harbor\n2.) Battle of Britain\n3.) D-day\n4.) Atomic bombs\n5.) Battle of the Bulge\n6.) V-E day\n7.) V-J day\n\nJust to name a few!
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Adolf Hitler\nHermann Goring\nJoseph Goebbels\nHeinrich Himmler
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I believe the best weapon of WW2 was a well-trained American infantryman. It doesn't matter how sophisticated the weapon, it is useless unless in the hands of a well-trained individual. America's importance on proper training won the war, not just the weaponry.
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We have three surviving WW1 Vets, they are all 105 or better.  My country has just announced that the last WW1 soldier to pass will receive a full State funeral.
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Go to www.bbc.co.uk/ww2.
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Its true...on the eve of Dec 24 , 1914 a truce was haggled out between British and German soldiers, and in many places along the western front, it lasted until the end of the day on the 26th. Many witness accounts were written, but perhaps the most telling of all of it was how it happened.\nIts lost to history just what was said to whom beyond the battlefield, but this was primarily lower ranked soldiers and the highest ranking officer was a German. Christmas morning 3 shots were fired into the air by a British sergeant and a white flag went up with "Merry Christmas" written on it, well, the enemy replied with a flag( all of about 50 yards apart), saying "thank you". Then a few Germans stepped out unarmed, as did a few British. What took place for the next 24 or so hours is really quite bazaar, but kinda romantic( if you will..).\nThere was impromptu soccer matches, gift exchanges, and even jokes...one of them was about a Brit' who asked a German if he wanted a cigarette...the German replied "Virginian?", to which the British soldier replied "aye", the German soldier said "No thx, I prefer Turkish!"...apparently this caused a huge laugh from all there.\nAlso, the Germans sang Carole's, and when asking the British to sing, one Brit said..."We'd rather die than sing German!"..., and the German yelled back..."Well, we'll surely be dead over here if you do!"  Again laughter erupted across that field...\nIts really awesome to hear of these events and the remarkable impact such a small thing could have on men who'd wanna kill one-another, but for the greater good of the moment, it proved to be the most significant thing to happen to some of the men who were there.
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Georges Clemenceau was the most reknowned leader of France during WW1 after Paul Painlevé.  The leader was referred to as a "premier", not "presidente".  I don't believe France had a president until the new republic formed by Charles de Gaulle in 1958.\n\nThe idiot "unluckyone" above me doesn't seem to know the difference between ww1 and ww2; the French fought practically alone against the Germans for many bloody years of brutal trench warfare.  There is no shortage of courage among Frenchmen ... which doesn't mean that they're great fighters, just that they do have a lot of courage.\n\nSee the link below for a biography.
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European\nBattle for Stalingrad, Battle of Normandy, and Second Battle of El Alamein \n\nPacific \nBattle of Midway, Battle of Guadalcanal, and Battle of Okinawa
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By far, the Russians. In total, including Stalin's wrath against some of the Russian people, 25 million Russians died in WWII. Two major battles, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of Berlin, over 2 million Russian soldiers died just in those two battles.