Topic: Did You Know??? Military Factoids

I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S · February 23rd, 2004

Here is some more interesting facts.

During the first Gulf war in the 1990's the allied forces lost just 4 tanks out of the 3,360 that were deployed. The Iraqi's however lost 4,000 tanks out of 4,230 they used.

To conserve metal during World War II the Academy Awards of Merit — also known as the Oscars -- were made out of wood.

During the days of the Manhattan Project all applicants for menial jobs at the plant where the atomic bomb was being built did not get a job if they could read. This was because US authorities didn't want

"M&M's"® were developed so that soldiers could eat candy without getting their fingers sticky. Legend has it that on a trip to Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Forrest Mars Sr. encountered soldiers who were eating pellets of chocolate that were encased in a hard sugary coating to prevent them from melting. This inspired him to later create the recipe for M&M® Chocolate.

The extras in the battle scenes in the movie Braveheart were reserves in the Irish army.

The Allied land, air and sea operation against the Normandy coasts of France on D-day, 6 June 1944 was the greatest invasion in military history. On the first 3 days, 38 convoys of 745 ships moved in. That was supported by 20,000 vehicles, 347 minesweepers, carrying 185,000 men and 4,055 landing craft.

The bloodiest battle fought on earth was the first Battle of the Somme, France from 1 July to 19 November 1916. The battle recorded the greatest number of military casualties at 1,043,896. 623,907 were Allied and the rest German.

The most costly war or record in terms of human life was the World War II (1939 -1945). The total number of fatalities of all countries is estimated to have been 54,800,000. Poland was the country that suffered most with 6,028,000 of her population of 35,100,000 killed. In World War I the total combatant death toll was 9,700,000. The figure rouse to 15,600,000 in World War II.

During WWII, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs. They failed.

A broken wooden spear found by S. Hazzledine Warren in April 1911 at Clacton-on-Sea is believed to be the oldest known offensive weapon. It is estimated to have been fashioned before 200,000 BC.

Let me know what you think about these... I would like to get some responses

February 23rd, 2004
I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S Centurion	Here is some more interesting facts. During the first Gulf war in the 1990's the allied forces lost just 4 tanks out of the 3,360 that were deployed. The Iraqi's however lost 4,000 tanks out of 4,230 they used. To conserve metal during World War II the Academy Awards of Merit — also known as the Oscars -- were made out of wood. During the days of the Manhattan Project all applicants for menial jobs at the plant where the atomic bomb was being built did not get a job if they could read. This was because US authorities didn't want "M&M's"® were developed so that soldiers could eat candy without getting their fingers sticky. Legend has it that on a trip to Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Forrest Mars Sr. encountered soldiers who were eating pellets of chocolate that were encased in a hard sugary coating to prevent them from melting. This inspired him to later create the recipe for M&M® Chocolate. The extras in the battle scenes in the movie Braveheart were reserves in the Irish army. The Allied land, air and sea operation against the Normandy coasts of France on D-day, 6 June 1944 was the greatest invasion in military history. On the first 3 days, 38 convoys of 745 ships moved in. That was supported by 20,000 vehicles, 347 minesweepers, carrying 185,000 men and 4,055 landing craft. The bloodiest battle fought on earth was the first Battle of the Somme, France from 1 July to 19 November 1916. The battle recorded the greatest number of military casualties at 1,043,896. 623,907 were Allied and the rest German. The most costly war or record in terms of human life was the World War II (1939 -1945). The total number of fatalities of all countries is estimated to have been 54,800,000. Poland was the country that suffered most with 6,028,000 of her population of 35,100,000 killed. In World War I the total combatant death toll was 9,700,000. The figure rouse to 15,600,000 in World War II. During WWII, Americans tried to train bats to drop bombs. They failed. A broken wooden spear found by S. Hazzledine Warren in April 1911 at Clacton-on-Sea is believed to be the oldest known offensive weapon. It is estimated to have been fashioned before 200,000 BC. Let me know what you think about these... I would like to get some responses __________________ If world war 3 is fought with nuclear weapons, then world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein I.Y.A.A.Y.A.S IF YOU AINT AMMO YOU AINT ****