Sweden: With just encoded messages to
work from, Swedish mathematician Arne
Beurling reverse-engineered the Siemens and
Halske T52 cipher machine in two weeks.
Japan: The largest submarines of World War II
were the Japanese I-400 class, capable of carrying
3 Aichi M6A aircraft; an attack on the Panama
Canal was planned, but never carried out.
Canada: A German automatic weather station
codenamed “Kurt” was deployed in Newfoundland
by U-boat in 1943, and only rediscovered in 1977.
UK: Major John “Mad Jack” Churchill went into combat
armed with a broadsword, longbow and bagpipes.
Germany: Fanta was created by Coca-Cola
Deutschland in 1940 when they were unable to
import Coca-Cola syrup due to a trade embargo.
By John ‘Zoso’ Moore
War Thunder Community Magazine
The GameOn Magazine // 39