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WWII battleship Musashi found, says Microsoft's Allen
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says he has found the Imperial Navy’s biggest warship, lying on the seabed in the Philippines 70 years after U.S. forces sank it. Allen posted a photo on Twitter on Tuesday of what was described as the battleship Musashi’s rusty bow. The Chrysanthemum seal was recognizable. The American billionaire, who has also pursued space exploration, said his luxury yacht and exploration ship...
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Brains Make Decisions the Way Alan Turing Cracked Codes
Despite the events depicted in The Imitation Game, Alan Turing did not invent the machine that cracked Germany’s codes during World War II—Poland did. But the brilliant mathematician did invent something never mentioned in the film: a mathematical tool for judging the reliability of information. His tool sped up the work of deciphering encoded messages using improved versions of the Polish machines.
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31 Rolls of Undeveloped Film from a Soldier in WWII Discovered and Processed
Photographer Levi Bettweiser is the man behind the Rescued Film Project, an effort to find and rescue old and undeveloped rolls of film from the far corner...
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Nazi commando turned Irish farmer
He was Hitler's favourite Nazi commando, famously rescuing Mussolini from an Italian hilltop fortress, and was known as "the most dangerous man in Europe". After World War Two, he landed in Argentina and became a bodyguard for Eva Perón, with whom he was rumoured to have had an affair.
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Inside job: the story of Witold Pileki, leader of the Secret Polish Army
Unknown to most of the world until the late '80s, Witold Pilecki was a leader of the Secret Polish Army. Dan Lewis on an all-round badass.
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King Tiger - best of the beasts
Artice on the King Tiger tank, short info and some photos.
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Panzer VIII Maus Photos and info
Short info on the mighty MAUS with photos
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Where the Nazis Hid Their Art: The Castle Behind ‘Monuments Men’
Built by a mad king and copied by Disney, Neuschwanstein Castle held Hitler’s stash of priceless artworks—until the true-life Monuments Men liberated the stolen collection.
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Digging for their lives: Russia's volunteer body hunters
Of the estimated 70 million people killed in World War Two, 26 million died on the Eastern front - and up to four million of them are still officially considered missing in action. But volunteers are now searching the former battlefields for the soldiers' remains, determined to give them a proper burial - and a name.
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