1. HITLER'S NEPHEW WAS FROM LIVERPOOL
One of Hitler's most ardent enemies during the war was his own nephew: William Patrick Hitler. Born in Liverpool in 1911 to Adolf's brother, William at first tried to leverage his uncle's political status to boost his own career, but then fled Nazi Germany and wrote a magazine article called "Why I Hate My Uncle". He later emigrated to the US and served in the American navy during the war, and was even decorated for his bravery in conflict. He eventually changed his name to William Patrick Stuart-Houston and lived a quiet, obscure life in the United States, passing away in 1987.
2. ONE SOLDIER FOUGHT THE WAR FOR DECADES
Hiro Onoda was a Japanese soldier who fought World War Two until 1974. Sent on a mission to the Philippines and ordered never to surrender or take his own life, Onoda refused to believe the war ended in 1945, and literally took to the hills with a few other officers for company. They carried on a form of guerrilla warfare against the local citizens, leading to several deaths, and Onoda's own men were killed in senseless skirmishes over the years. Alone, desperate but undefeated, Onoda was eventually found in 1974, and had to be officially relieved from duty by his old commanding officer, who was by then an elderly bookseller.
