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Scenes From World War II: Victory In Europe

11:00AM October 10, 2011 | Jack Loftus

In 1945, one of the greatest modern wars the world had ever seen was in its final stages. The Rhine was about to be crossed. The Soviets were nearly through on the Eastern Front. The dying continued. More »

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How The Nazis Sunk The Largest Underwater Treasure In the World

7:47AM September 27, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is the SS Gairsoppa, a merchant ship that was crossing the Atlantic until a Nazi U-boat sunk it. It was loaded with seven million grams of ounces. That’s $US202.74 million, which will be kept mostly by the treasure hunters. More »

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This Is How The Nazis Could Have Invaded The United States

10:10AM September 7, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

March 2, 1942. The United States was already at war, fighting alongside British and Soviets to crush the Nazi and Japanese Imperial forces. That day Life magazine published six plans that the Axis could have used to invaded the US. More »

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The 5 Most Evil Things Tech Companies Helped Happen

9:30AM September 2, 2011 | Sam Biddle

If oppressive regimes want to stay oppressive, they need to fear — and wield — technology like a sword covered in napalm. And in most cases, they can’t do that without using outside help. Here are the five worst corporate collaborators in technology. More »

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Free T-Shirts Given To Neo-Nazis Reveals Secret Message

12:01AM August 11, 2011 | Casey Chan

Neo-Nazis in Germany were given free T-shirts at a recent right-wing extremist rock concert. The black shirt, complete with skulls and bones, said “Hardcore Rebels: National and Free”. Too bad for them, there was a secret message hidden inside the shirt. More »

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The Largest Gun Ever Built

1:30AM July 16, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Like an Aryan Death Star, the Nazis’ Gustav was the largest gun ever built and didn’t leave much planet where it hit. More »

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Mystery Photographer Of The Nazis Found After Online Hunt

9:20PM June 22, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

A photo album showing never-seen-before photos of Hitler and the Nazis has surfaced with photos dating back to 70 years ago. Its current owner has no clue who the photographer was, but judging by the level of access he was given, he must have been someone. Updated. More »

Science

Were Roswell’s Aliens Nazi-Powered Soviet Spies?

5:30AM June 3, 2011 | Annie Jacobsen

The Roswell crash is the Holy Grail of American conspiracy-theory folklore, but what if the little grey men were actually little grey Russians in Nazi-designed aircraft? Somehow, that still isn’t the craziest theory out there. Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen explains. More »

Computing

Anti-Nazi Code-Cracking Machine Rebuilt

4:00AM May 28, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Despite there being no original parts left of the Tunny machine post-WWII, a crack-team of British computer boffins were able to rebuild the code-cracking machine, which played a huge part in intercepting Hitler’s commands. More »

Cameras

Nazis Filmed The 1936 Olympics In 3D?

7:40AM May 18, 2011 | Casey Chan

Apparently, Nazis were using 3D cameras before any of us thought 3D was dumb. According to Variety, Nazis had developed a ‘sophisticated stereoscopic camera’ to record athletes as they crossed the finish line in the 1936 Olympics. More »