Dirty little secrets of World War II : military information no one told you about the greatest, most terrible war in history

dirty Little Secrets Of World War Ii Exposes The Dark, Irreverent, Misunderstood, And Often Tragicomic Aspects Of Military Operations During World War Ii, Many Of Them Virtually Unknown Even To Military Buffs. Like Its Successful Predecessor, dirty Little Secrets , Dunnigan And Nofi's New Book Vividly Brings To Life All Theaters And Participants Of The War. Revelations Include: - The Real Death Count For The War, And Why It Has Never Been Previously Released. - The New Age General Who Refused To Smoke Or Drink, Who Lived On A Vitamin-enriched Diet, Who Opposed Animal Experimentation, And Who Regularly Consulted His Astrologer. - How Equipment Developed For The War Led To Such Modern High-tech Innovations As Smart Bombs, Electronic Warfare, And Nuclear Missles. - The Lackadaisical Relationship Between Germany And Japan Throughout The War. - Tricky Bits Of Information About The Lingering Effects Of The War — Like The Thousands Of Live Shells And Mines That Are Still Buried In Europe And Off The East Coast Of America. publishers Weekly this Book Is Only Partly About ``dirty Little Secrets''; It Is Mostly A Collection Of Unfamiliar Information About The War, Presented In Some 300 Briefs. Typical Of The Entries In These Entertaining Pages Is A Succinct Account Of The German ``counterfeit Offensive,'' In Which An Attempt Was Made To Flood Britain With Fake Pound Notes; And A Comparison Between American And German Armies At Squad, Battalion And Division Level. In The Intriguing Trivia Section, One Learns That Gen. Douglas Macarthur Was Related To President Franklin Roosevelt And British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, And That Participants In The Battle For Guadalcanal Included A 12-year-old American Sailor. As To The Dirty Little Secrets, Here Are A Few Examples: Australian Stevedores Deliberately Obstructed The U.s. War Effort At Times; Disease Was Responsible For Nearly Half The War Deaths; Allied Bombers Caused Far Less Damage To The Enemy Than Is Generally Supposed. Dunnigan Is The Author Of The Complete Wargames Handbook; Nofi Wrote Napoleon At War. Illustrations. (sept.) Dirty Little Secrets of WWII......Page 1 Acknowledgements......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Introduction......Page 11 The Road to War......Page 13 The World at War......Page 48 The European War, 1939-1941......Page 130 The Eastern Front, 1941-1945......Page 155 The War in the West, 1941-1945......Page 183 The Pacific War, 1941-1945......Page 276 War in the Shadows......Page 345 Making Peace......Page 366 WWII Time Line......Page 380 Recommended Reading......Page 394 Index......Page 399 Fearlessly taking aim at the myths, mysteries, arcana, and boondoggles that remain virtually unknown even to military buffs, Dirty Little Secrets of World War II remembers the big one. Like its successful predecessor, Dirty Little Secrets, Dunnigan and Nofi's new book exposes the dark, irreverent, misunderstood, and often tragicomic aspects of military operations. All theaters, all participants, and all forms of warfare are vividly brought to life in more than three hundred infobytes. Authors expose the dark aspects of military operations during World War II, such as the real death count, American foul-ups with MIAs, and more