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bombs Massive British "Tallboy" bomb from WWII explodes in Poland while being defused Gareth Branwyn
world war 2 Trump says '1917 pandemic' ended Second World War (nope, Spanish Flu was in 1918, before WWII) Xeni Jardin
BFF The story of Mimi and Brownie, besties for 74 years Rusty Blazenhoff
panoramas The Dresden Panometer gives visitors an immersive experience on a 1:1 scale of the Allied bombing raids of 1945 Matt Maranian
war is hell Powerful Iwo Jima WWII footage shot by marines in combat and never seen publicly David Pescovitz
Hans Calmeyer 92-year-old's memoir tells the forgotten story of a German official who sabotaged Nazi deportations and saved more Jews than Schindler Cory Doctorow
Burgess Meredith "How to Behave in a British Pub" — 1943 film for U.S. soldiers Mark Frauenfelder
war tourism Nazi bunker in Germany to become "design and lifestyle" hotel David Pescovitz
Code talkers Hear the stories of the last Navajo Code Talkers Séamus Bellamy
also banning cryptography The new £50 notes will feature Alan Turing (whilst HMG proposes bans on Turing complete computers AND working crypto) Cory Doctorow
rome At least ten unexploded bombs are hidden in the ruins of Pompeii David Pescovitz
chalupa supreme Florida fisherman reels in WWII hand grenade and brings it to Taco Bell David Pescovitz
godwins law The Nazis and your privacy Roderick Miller
Rememberance Day Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old is a stunning act of remembrance Séamus Bellamy
gurs When Mickey Mouse was sent to a Nazi concentration camp Cory Doctorow
sage advice Video: life lessons from a 111 year old WWII veteran Séamus Bellamy
godwin's law of branding Bayer and Monsanto merge into a new company called "Bayer" because Nazis have a better reputation than Big Ag Cory Doctorow
WWII Germany's scientific texts were made free during and after WWII; analyzing them today shows the negative effect of paywalls on science Cory Doctorow
Behind enemy lines WWII living legend finally given the honors he deserves Séamus Bellamy
skunk works Secret Nazi experimental plane was an epic piece of vaporware Clive Thompson