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more about #wwii Jagster: You guys missed out on a great chop opportunity. more » joncoffee: "Fortunately, they never were able to put that in practice before the Americans delivered to them a fat tin can full of atoms" Hmm...interesting choi... more » Calzo: Yeah yeah super alright... Thats why it's at the bottom of the ocean... more » crapcakes: Shouldn't the Japanese be making smaller submarines? more » Brdf: "Fortunately, they never were able to put that in practice before the Americans delivered to them a fat tin can full of atoms." Strange to refer to i... more » I see the light. It burns!: Well, I guess they made up for their last bright idea. They were going to put a dent in the United States supply of wood by burning down the forest w... more » P3nnst8r: Eat that, Quiznos! more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: Since people seem to be interested in the seaplane, and I took the time to look it up, you're stuck with it: "The M6A Seiran submarine-launched torpe... more » Gundem: This article is racist promoting the nuking of the Japanese. *now let the idiots rage* more » iansilv: Yup- a superior piece of Japanese technology. That we kicked the shit out of. And sank. more » yantelope: Yeah, Japan had some huge ships in WWII but they didn't have radar. It's pretty tough fighting a war when the Americans know where you are at all times. more » F1Morgan: I live in Honolulu and I haven't heard anything...where is it? more » Golf_Nut: so they captured them and then sunk them? Couldn't they have hidden them from the Russians? Seems like a waste of technology that we could have gott... more » Toastie: "Use the submarines to deploy rats infected with the plague and insects loaded with cholera, dengue, and typhus." I imagine that that plan might have... more » Monty: I actually had never considered the concept of launching or recovering planes by submarine, but clearly I am behind on military technology. Strange q... more » stan-the-man: We can only wonder what they have now... more » Evan, How Dare you Sir!: If the airplanes went underwater, how could they handle the pressure at underwater depths? more » OMG! Ponies!: One ping only, Vasily. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Catapult-launched bombers? Sounds like they went back a few centuries for that tech more » Odin: We have to apologize for history now? Shit, this might take a while. Well I suppose I should apologize because one of my ancestors might have owned s... more » -
#submarines
World War 2 Japanese Super-Submarine Found In Hawaii
According to Dr Hans Van Tillburg, "[the I-201 submarine] was nothing like anybody had in the Second World War. It had a streamlined body and conning tower and retractable gun." They just found it in Hawaii. More » -
#apology
It's About Time: Britain's Prime Minister Apologizes to Alan Turing
Remember how we told you that there was a petition to ask the British government to apologize for chemically castrating computer science legend Alan Turing during WWII because he was gay? Yea well, Prime Minister Gordon Brown finally did today! More » -
#apology
Let's Ask the British Government Apologize to Alan Turing
Alan Turing, a father of computer science and WWII code-breaker was prosecuted by the British government for being gay. Then chemically castrated. Sign this petition if you think this is fucked up and want them to apologize. More » -
#wiredforwarspecial
Unmanned Warbots of WWI and WWII
Long before Predator drones and PackBots patrolled Iraq and Afghanistan, unmanned systems were used in combat—as far back as WWI and WWII, in fact. Here's a quick look at the coolest of the old-timey warbots: More » -
#tunnels
Calling All Wannabe Dr. Evil's: Super Secret London Tunnel Lair For Sale
Last Sunday we were writing about amazing underground diving rigs in the heart of New York City. It seems only fair that we jump across the pond this Sunday and write about a mile-long super secrettunnellair below London that's currently for sale, don't you think? Asking price: A cool $7.4 million. It sounds a bit much for an empty stretch of nothingness deep below the British streets, but wait until you hear about the history. Oh, the history! -
#actionfigures
WWII Star Wars Action Figures
Action figure customizer extraordinaire Sillof is at it again, following up his Steampunk Star Wars collection with a World War II themed line of figurines. Choice pieces include Han Solo in a bomber jacket, holding a German Mauser (which incidentally was the base for the prop used in the Star Wars movies) and a gorgeous rendition of a Stormtrooper, outfitted in armor and burlap. The gallery is below. [Raving Toy Mania] More »
