Here are some of the more fun facts that occurred during World War II that you maybe did not know.
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Fact 1: In 2014, a 90-year-old British veteran – named Bernard Jordan – was reported missing from his nursing home. It turned out they’d said no to him going to Normandy to celebrate the D-Day 70-year anniversary. But he went anyway and left the facility wearing a grey mack concealing a jacket underneath with his war medals attached.
Source: ITV
Fact 2: During World War II King George VI was at war with Germany as King of the UK, but as King of Ireland he was at peace with Germany and validated the credentials of German ambassadors. After WWII he was at war with himself as King of Pakistan and separately King of India.
Fact 3: "The Mad Piper” Bill Millin, was the only bagpiper to land on the beach in Normandy. While men fell around him, he played his pipes throughout the battle. A group of captured German snipers was asked why they hadn’t shot him. They replied that they thought he’d gone insane and felt bad for him.
Source: The Economist
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