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The Nazi’s Terrifying Siege Of Leningrad Mashed Up With The Actual City

6:00PM January 20, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Sergey Larenkov has published a new series of his amazing World War II photo mashups. This time they are photos of the Nazi’s Siege of Leningrad travelling forward in time to the modern city, now called Saint Petersburg. Yesterday, Russia celebrated the day they broke the siege. More »

News

This WWII Bomb Could Have Destroyed A German City Today

4:45AM December 5, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

World War II is still affecting life in Europe: 45,000 people had to be evacuated after two extremely dangerous bombs were found in the Rhine River, 65 years after they were dropped by British and American bombers. More »

Online

Real-Time World War II Is The Best Thing To Ever Come Out Of Twitter

9:10AM November 12, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

A 24-year-old Oxford history graduate is doing something wonderful for all of you right now: narrate World War II in Twitter, in real time. It may not be as academic as a John Keegan book, but so far it’s excellent. More »

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Images From The Catastrophic Fall Of Imperial Japan In 1945

1:30PM October 24, 2011 | Jack Loftus

With the war for Europe over and the US’ Pacific “island hopping” strategy seeing long-range bombers within striking distance of Japan, all that stood between the Allies and and end to World War II was taking that tenacious island nation. More »

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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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Scenes From The Allied Invasion Of Europe

12:30PM October 3, 2011 | Jack Loftus

This is it. The Allied invasion of Europe and the beginning of its attempt to wrest control of the war-torn continent from Hitler’s Nazi regime and a faltering Italian southern front. More »

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Kamikaze, No Prisoners: Images From The Pacific Islands And WWII

10:00AM September 26, 2011 | Jack Loftus

The Japanese presented a tenacious, unrelenting foe to US and allied servicemen who battled with them during an island-hopping campaign across the Pacific. More »

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P-51 Mustang Collides And Crashes Over England

2:49AM July 12, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

This is rather sad: A P-51 Mustang – one of the most beautiful aeroplanes in history – was destroyed after colliding with a Douglas A-1 Skyraider over the skies of England. More »

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Photoshop Time Travelling Into WWII Ghost Dimension (Part Two)

7:00AM May 17, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Here’s a new series of eerie World War II ghost photos by Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov, made to celebrate last week’s Europe V-day. Like previous ones, this gallery of photos is both disturbing and fascinating at the same time. More »

Gadgets

Turn Your Kid’s Toy Into A WWII Enigma Machine

2:00AM February 17, 2011 | Kyle VanHemert

Missing that World War II intrigue in your life? Instructable user sketchsk3tch has step by step instructions for turning a keyboard-sporting kids’ toy into an Arduino Enigma Machine, capable of encrypting and decrypting the coded messages sent by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Toys these days. More »