THE NORMANDIE SQUADRON

______When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, it threw everyone into confusion. Stalin HAD been on the same side as Hitler, although reluctant to do more than grab the Baltic states and a few other pieces of real estate. Now, England and the Free French found themselves on Stalin's team.
______England sent what weapons they could, although they were stretched pretty thin themselves. The United States provided lend-lease war material, even though we were not yet involved in the war. And the Free French (as opposed to the weaseling Vichy French who were only too glad to kiss Hitler's derrier) offered a fighter squadron.
______Since much of the Red Air Force was a smouldering ruin, thanks to the air strikes launched at the opening of the German invasion, Stalin was only too glad to get the Normandie Squadron. The unit flew Soviet LaGGs and Yaks against the Germans, who declared that any Normandie pilots captured by them would be shot. Despite this, the Normandie Squadron racked up 273 confirmed kills and 36 probables during their short tour of the Eastern Front.

WHAT KIND OF MANNED ROCKET WAS USED TO ATTACK THE U.S. NAVY?

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