# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 94
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/1862 "2023-04-16T16:20:49Z")
**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf The largest naval battle of the war: [Battle of Leyte Gulf - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf) ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/1868 "2023-04-17T10:40:53Z")
**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/1871 "2023-04-17T14:02:55Z")
**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/1873 "2023-04-17T14:15:25Z")
**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Seige of Tobruk ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Seige of Tobruk Tokyo Rose ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Seige of Tobruk Tokyo Rose Ubermensch ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Siege of Tobruk Tokyo Rose _Ubermensch_ V-mail > **[V-mail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-mail)** > > V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a hybrid mail process used by the United States during the Second World War as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. The V-mail process is based on the earlier British Airgraph process. > V-mail correspondence was on small lette... ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Siege of Tobruk Tokyo Rose _Ubermensch_ V-mail Wehrmacht ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Siege of Tobruk Tokyo Rose _Ubermensch_ V-mail Wehrmacht X-Class Submarine ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Siege of Tobruk Tokyo Rose _Ubermensch_ V-mail Wehrmacht X-Class Submarine Yalta Conference ---
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**World War II** Aleutian Islands Battle of the Bulge Chiang Kai-shek Dresden bombing Eisenhower _Fat Man_ George C. Marshall Howitzer Infamy Jeeps K-rations Leyte Gulf Monte Cassino Nagasaki Operation Overlord Panzers [Q-Ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-ship#Second_World_War) Rommel Siege of Tobruk Tokyo Rose _Ubermensch_ V-mail Wehrmacht X-Class Submarine Yalta Conference Zhukov, Georgy (USSR’s most successful general) **World War 1** Austria-Hungary ---
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**World War 1** Austria-Hungary Big Bertha German howitzer with a 15 km range built by Gustav Krupp’s factories in 1914 and **nicknamed after his wife.** Four Big Berthas were built and all were used during the assault upon Verdun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=93) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097.md?page=95)