10 less known facts about WWII

1. Fanta, the renowned drink, was invented in Nazi Germany. More precisely, the Coca-Cola factories, during a shortage of supplies, decided they should experiment making a new drink, using ingredients which were available.

2. Hamburgers got another name in the USA during wartime. Because the name sounded too 'German', hamburgers were renamed as 'Liberty Steakes'.

3. The famous 007 spy actually existed. Dusko Popov (1912-1980), a Yugoslavian spy who fluently spoke at least 5 languages, had invented his own invisible ink and was the first spy to use microfilms, was the source of inspiration for the 007 agent. After the war, Popov retired in the USA where he made a playboy reputation for himself.

4. A Romanian woman was the most important woman-spy in WWII. Vera Atkins was the leader of a clandestine army which used to infiltrate behind enemy lines, destroy vital targets, release prisoners, assassinate German ranked soldiers and send crucial information to London.

5. In 1930, the USA army had only 130,000 military personnel, ranking on the 16th place globally, behind Poland, Turkey, Spain or Romania.

6. Hitler had a nephew who enrolled and fought in the US navy. William Hitler often appeared in propagandist American movies where he spoke about the peril his uncle represents to the world.

7. Hitler had, on his office desk, a framed picture of the American constructor, Henry Ford. The latter also had a framed picture of Hitler on his desk in America.

8. In 1938, the renowned 'Times' magazine named Hitler the man of the year.

9. A staggering 80% of the men born in the former URSS in 1923 did not make it alive through the war. On the whole, the Russians were the ones who lost the largest amount of people during WWII: over 21 million.

10. During WWII, American President Franklin Roosevelt used Al Capone's bullet-proof car. Because the government forbade spending over $750 to buy a car, Roosevelt turned to the confiscated limousine that had once belonged to the famous gangster.