World War Ii articles

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  Holocaust stories preserved through interactive 3D holograms

  By Amar Toor on February 12, 2013 03:21 am + 32 comments

  There are an estimated 500,000 Holocaust survivors alive today, but with an average age of 79, they Continue reading…

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  Spielberg and Hanks to follow 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific' with third WWII miniseries

  By Sam Byford on January 19, 2013 08:45 pm + 78 comments

  HBO has confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks will reunite to Continue reading…

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  The 'tsunami bomb' that could have altered the face of World War II

  By Amar Toor on January 3, 2013 04:19 pm + 54 comments

  In 1944, less than a year before the end of World War II, the US and New Zealand began testing an Continue reading…

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  Canadian researcher decodes secret WWII message that left intelligence experts baffled

  By Chris Welch on December 17, 2012 03:13 pm + 21 comments

  European intelligence experts last month hit a dead end in their efforts to decode a secret World Continue reading…

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  Map out the 1940 Axis attack on London with the Bomb Sight project

  By Kimber Streams on December 10, 2012 03:56 pm + 21 comments

  Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have created a staggering online database cataloging Continue reading…

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  Secret World War II message baffles European intelligence experts

  By Chris Welch on November 23, 2012 03:52 pm + 100 comments

  Despite all our advancements in military intelligence, it turns out a simple coded message can still Continue reading…

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  Library of Congress posts elusive color photography from World War II

  By Kimber Streams on November 19, 2012 12:51 pm + 15 comments

  Most of the photography we see of World War II in history books is black and white, giving younger Continue reading…

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  Last flying B-29 aircraft, made famous during World War II, risks being permanently grounded

  By Chris Welch on November 14, 2012 12:24 pm + 38 comments

  FIFI, believed to be the world's last flying B-29 Superfortress, has been grounded as a direct Continue reading…

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  1940 US Census becoming fully searchable online through volunteer effort

  By Andrew Webster on April 2, 2012 11:35 am + 5 comments

  Today the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) released images of the 1940 Census, Continue reading…

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  Colossus: how the first programmable electronic computer saved countless lives

  By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 04:00 am + 15 comments

  Google has posted a look back at Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic computer. Continue reading…