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World War II extras
MP3 ringtones and interactive maps
Check out free 'sounds of war' MP3 tones to download on your computer, or take a look at intractive maps of some of the major campaigns and attacks of World War II, including Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Operation Barbarossa and the Battle of El-Alamein.
MP3 ringtones
Choose from the sound of sonar beeps, 9mm and 12mm gun shots, helicopter blades, radio tuning or army bugle...
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Interactive maps
Take a look at Discovery's interactive maps and guides to D-Day, El-Alamein, Pearl Harbor and Operation Barbarossa. View WWII maps
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Fact
In World War II, banana skins and potatoes were used to polish shoes (although the former were virtually impossible to get hold of... )
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Flashpoints
Turning points in the war included the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
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Figureheads
Focus on the leaders of the axis powers and the allied countries in World War II
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D-Day
The story of the Allied forces invasion aimed at liberating Europe from the Nazis
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Living with War
When the Blitz came to Britain in September 1940, the bombs fell like rain
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The Troops
The Allied Forces were made up of around 20 million men from across the globe
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