The following are a bunch of little-known facts, which you might find rather interesting.
The United States' spends more on its Defence Budget in 7 minutes than Antigua and Barbuda spends in one year
China's army has 1 million more troops than the United States' Army, but the United States spends 20 times more on their army
Springfield 1903 United States' rifle had features derived from the German Mauser. Ironically, the United States continued paying royalties to German while fighting them during World War I.
The USSR suffered more military losses during World War II than all other the other fighting nations combined
More people died in 4 hours of fighting during World War II than died in the September 11th 2001 attacks
More United States soldiers died during the Civil War than World War I
The Battle of Stalingrad during World War II had almost twice the casualties of the second highest casualty battle, Somme River I during World War I
There were more than 3 times as many military fatalities in the Korean War than the Vietnam War, despite the fact that the Vietnam War was 5 times longer
During the 1st Gulf War there were only 148 US Army casualties
Over 8 million Chinese people died during World War II due to famine and internal purges
The peak strength of the German Army during World War II exceeded the peak strength of both France and the UK combined
Three German World War II planes, Messerschmitt ME 163, Messerschmitt 262 and Heinkel He 162A, had maximum speeds quicker than most modern passenger airliners
The world's 5 smallest armed forces combined make consist of less than 3000 troops
Approximately 4% of the whole of North Korea's population are enlisted soldiers
During World War II, the German Luftwaffe produced more than 90,000 aircraft
Nice list. Some very interesting facts there, a good read.
#2 by nobert soloria bermosa, May 1, 2008
interesting, thanks
#3 by robert, Jun 22, 2008
you need to get your facts right, there are too many errors to mention here
#4 by Operator-C, Jun 22, 2008
Robert,
I'm not attempting to be rude when I ask this: how about you provide the corrective information to whichever of these facts are incorrect, as you say they are? I'm not saying they are, but I'd very much like to see the real facts, if these aren't.
