The amount of irony of this gun must be of huge. As I am sure that Jewish Slave labor must of been used in the making of these rifles during WWII in Europe. For the Nazi War machine, Whose assigned job was to take over the world. Then to kill EVERYONE who basically wasn’t German.
Then just to show you that you can never predict the future with any certainty. The Jewish Survivors wind up in the The Holy Land.
(Despite the best efforts of the British Empire. Who was running the place and kissing the Arabs behind. So that they could continue to make fantastic profits from the oil industry. Which they completely controlled in Iran & Saudi Arabia.)
Where their Zionist Leadership has just bought a whole mess of these rifles that had just made from the Czechs.
Which were to be used to protect their land from invading Arab Armies. Whose sole mission in life at the time. Was to finish Hitlers job of wiping the Jews from the face of the earth.
Anyways, Thanks to some brilliant leadership & some really hard fighting by the Jewish Grunts. They stopped the Arabs cold. Then they were able to push them back & beyond a bit. from their start up point before the UN stopped them
Bottom line – This to me at least proves that the Days of Miracles still exists. That and some Mausers in the right hands, Can still make some serious history. Grumpy
Category: Dear Grumpy Advice on Teaching in Today’s Classroom
That & I would not want to have to pay her bar Tab! Grumpy
I am always impressed by the Folks that can do stuff like this! Grumpy
Somebody has some serious skills! Grumpy
If you’re curious about how American cities ranked shortly before the post-WWII baby boom, we’ve done the research for you. Here we’ve compiled a list of the 25 biggest US cities in 1940 by population and compared them to their rankings and populations today. We’ve also included the 1940 rankings and populations of the cities that are currently on the top 25 list that weren’t on it back then.
And, if you’d like to compare this list to the 25 biggest US cities in 1950, just follow the link, because we’ve done that too. There weren’t any major shake-ups among the most populous cities in the country in that 10-year time period. Several cities went up or down one place, and a few jumped two or three slots. The only two cities that fell off the top 25 list in that decade were Rochester, NY and Louisville, KY.
So, without further ado, here were the 25 biggest US cities in 1940 by population as compared to today.
Most Populous Cities in America in 1940
1. New York City – 1940 population: 7,454,995 – Rank today: 1; population ~8.4 million
2. Chicago, IL – 1940 population: 3,396,808 – Rank today: 3; population ~2.7 million
3. Philadelphia, PA – 1940 population: 1,931,334 – Rank today: 6; population ~1.6 million
4. Detroit, MI – 1940 population: 1,623,452 – Rank today: 23; population ~670,000
5. Los Angeles, CA – 1940 population: 1,504,277 – Rank today: 2; population ~4 million
6. Cleveland, OH – 1940 population: 878,336 – Rank today: 52; population ~383,000
7. Baltimore, MD – 1940 population: 859,100 – Rank today: 30; population ~602,000
8. St. Louis, MO – 1940 population: 816,048 – Rank today: 64; population ~302,000
9. Boston, MA – 1940 population: 770,816 – Rank today: 21; population ~695,000
10. Pittsburgh, PA – 1940 population: 671,659 – Rank today: 66; population ~300,000
11. Washington, DC – 1940 population: 663,091 – Rank today: 20; population ~703,000
12. San Francisco, CA – 1940 population: 634,536 – Rank today: 15; population ~885,000
13. Milwaukee, WI – 1940 population: 587,472 – Rank today: 31; population ~592,000
14. Buffalo, NY – 1940 population: 575,901 – Rank today: 83; population ~256,000
15. New Orleans, LA – 1940 population: 494,537 – Rank today: 50; population ~392,000
16. Minneapolis, MN – 1940 population: 492,370 – Rank today: 46; population ~426,000
17. Cincinnati, OH – 1940 population: 455,610 – Rank today: 65; population ~303,000
18. Newark, NJ – 1940 population: 429,760 – Rank today: 73; population ~283,000
19. Kansas City, MO – 1940 population: 399,178 – Rank today: 38; population ~493,000
20. Indianapolis, IN – 1940 population: 386,972 – Rank today: 17; population ~868,000
21. Houston, TX – 1940 population: 384,514 – Rank today: 4; population ~2.4 million
22. Seattle, WA – 1940 population: 368,302 – Rank today: 18; population ~746,000
23. Rochester, NY – 1940 population: 324,975 – Rank today: 111; population ~206,000
24. Denver, CO – 1940 population: 322,412 – Rank today: 19; population ~718,000
25. Louisville, KY – 1940 population: 319,077 – Rank today: 29; population ~ 618,000
Top 25 US Cities Today that Didn’t Make the Cut in 1940
A number of US cities in the top 25 most populous today didn’t register on the list back in 1940. These include:
- Phoenix, AZ – Rank today: 5; population ~1.7 million – Rank in 1940: Phoenix didn’t even crack the top 100 in 1940; population: 65,414
- San Diego, CA – Rank today: 8; population ~1.5 million – Rank in 1940: 43; population: 203,341
- San Jose, CA – Rank today: 10; population: ~1.1 million – Rank in 1940: Google doesn’t even turn up population data for San Jose back to 1940.
- Austin, TX – Rank today: 11; population: ~966,000 – Rank in 1940: 101; population: 87,930
- Jacksonville, FL – Rank today: 12; population: ~905,000 – Rank in 1940: 47; population: 173,065
- Fort Worth, TX – Rank today: 13; population: ~896,000 – Rank in 1940: 46; population: 177,662
- Columbus, OH – Rank today: 14; population: ~894,000 – Rank in 1940: 26; population: 306,087
- Charlotte, NC – Rank today: 16; population: ~873,000 – Rank in 1940: 91; population: 100,899
- El Paso, TX – Rank today: 22; population: ~683,000 – Rank in 1940: 98; population: 96,810
- Nashville, TN – Rank today: 24; population: ~670,000 – Rank in 1940: 50; population: 167,402
- Portland, OR – Rank today: 25; population: ~655,000 – Rank in 1940: 27; population: 305,394