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A previously unknown car that apparently went down with Yorktown.

Mysterious Undocumented Vehicle Found in Wreckage of WWII Ship

NOAA is asking for the public's help in identifying the car, which went down with the USS Yorktown during the 1942 Battle of Midway.

Human History Isaac Schultz

Unexploded WWII Bomb Disrupts Paris Train Traffic, Forcing Major Delays

Unexploded ordnance from the world's deadliest conflict continues to affect daily life 80 years after it ended.

Human History Isaac Schultz

2,000-Year-Old Chariot Parts Discovered Beneath Welsh Airfield

Military personnel and veterans just uncovered more of the U.K.’s most important Iron Age hoard.

Human History Margherita Bassi

Japan Sought to Develop Weaponized Anthrax During WWII, New Research Confirms

A team of Chinese scientists has confirmed the presence of the anthrax-causing bacteria at the site of an infamous Second World War laboratory.

Human History Margherita Bassi

Prisoners’ Tools Found Hidden in Chimney at Auschwitz

A team working to restore a historic building at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland have stumbled upon numerous items hidden by prisoners inside a chimney. Forks, knives, scissors and a host of other items were found at the Auschwitz main camp in late April, according to a press release put out by the National…

Human History George Dvorsky

New Research Exposes Horrific Conditions at Britain’s Forgotten Nazi Concentration Camp

An archaeological survey of a former Nazi concentration camp on the British island of Alderney has revealed the frightful conditions endured by forced laborers and political prisoners during the Second World War. Following the fall of France in June 1940, German forces occupied the British Channel Islands, but these would be the only patches of…

Human History George Dvorsky

Famed WW2 Aircraft Carrier Torpedoed in 1942 Found Miles Deep in Pacific Ocean

After 77 years, the wreck of the USS Hornet has finally been found, lying more than three miles deep in South Pacific waters. The storied aircraft carrier—sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1942 with the loss of 140 men— played a critical role during the Second World War, most famously in the Doolittle Raid and the…

Human History George Dvorsky

Shockwaves From WWII Bombing Raids Reached the Edge of Space, Scientists Report

As if the devastating effects of bombs dropped on European cities during the Second World War weren’t terrible enough, a surprising new study shows that the shockwaves produced by these bombing raids reached the edge of space, temporarily weakening the Earth’s ionosphere. Large Allied bombing raids during World War II produced shockwaves powerful enough to…

Earth Science George Dvorsky

Section of U.S. Warship from WWII Discovered off Alaskan Coast

In August 1943, the USS Abner Read struck a Japanese naval mine while conducting patrols in the Bering Sea. The explosion sheared the ship’s entire stern section, sending it and 71 U.S. sailors to the bottom of the Bering Sea. Lost for 75 years, the World War II destroyer’s severed stern has finally been found…

Human History George Dvorsky

Restored Prisoner’s Letter Uncovers Horrific Details of Life at Auschwitz Death Camp

In 1944, Marcel Nadjari—a Greek Jew who was forced to remove bodies from the Auschwitz gas chambers—buried a letter in a forest near the camp. The text was rediscovered in 1980, but it was virtually unreadable. Using a new imaging technique, scientists have finally reconstructed the letter, and it’s providing harrowing new details of the…

Tech News George Dvorsky

This Grainy Image Could Be the First British Passenger Liner Sunk by the Nazis in WW2

A mere eight hours after Britain declared war on the Nazis, a German torpedo struck the SS Athenia, sinking the passenger liner and killing more than 100 civilians. The ship’s final resting place has eluded shipwreck-hunters for nearly 80 years, but sonar images taken off the coast of Ireland now show what appears to be…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Suspected Bomb From WW2 Found at Fukushima Nuclear Site

In a classic case of adding insult to injury, workers at the beleaguered Fukushima nuclear power plant have uncovered what appears to be an undetonated bomb dating back to the Second World War. As reported in The Mainichi, a Fukushima excavation worker uncovered the device while performing maintenance work on a parking lot located about…

Tech News George Dvorsky

German Enigma Machine Found at Flea Market Fetches $51,000 at Auction

A professor of cryptology has auctioned off a rare and fully-functional Enigma machine used by the Nazis to encrypt messages during the Second World War. Incredibly, the collector found the machine at a flea market in Bucharest—which suggests Romania may house other machines still waiting to be discovered. As reported in Deutsche Welle, the unnamed…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Newly Declassified Documents Show Nazis Plotted to Destroy Panama Canal

Investigators in Chile have released thousands of declassified documents dating back to the Second World War, revealing the extent to which Nazi spies had infiltrated the country. Among the more shocking revelations is the discovery of a Nazi plot to destroy the Panama Canal—an act that would have changed “the history of the whole world.”…

Tech News George Dvorsky

School Assignment Leads to Discovery of WWII Plane With Pilot’s Body Still Inside

When 14-year-old Daniel Kristiansen was assigned a World War II project for history class, his father jokingly suggested he look for a German plane that had allegedly crashed at the family farm. Well wouldn’t you know it, he actually found the damned thing—along with the dead airman’s remains. It’s being called one of the most…

Tech News George Dvorsky

World War II Shipwrecks Are Vanishing at a Disturbing Rate

Late last year, the Netherlands defense ministry confirmed that two of its ships lost during World War II had disappeared from the bottom of the Java Sea, likely the result of illegal salvaging. Now, a trio of Japanese shipwrecks off Borneo have likewise been torn apart for scrap, highlighting what appears to be a growing…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Sunken British Submarine Found Off the Coast of Denmark

On April 10, 1940, British submarine HMS Tarpon and its crew of 50 were sent to Norway to intercept Nazi merchant vessels. They were was never heard from again. Now, after 76 years, the sub has finally been found. An investigation of the remarkably well preserved vessel shows it didn’t go down without a fight.…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Heinrich Himmler’s Lost Wartime Diaries Confirm He Was a Total Bastard

Work diaries chronicling the daily activities of Hitler’s henchman Heinrich Himmler have surfaced in Russian military archives. The recovered texts speak volumes about a key figure behind the Holocaust—a man who could orchestrate mass killings at one moment and then casually switch to mundane family matters the next. Three books consisting of a thousand pages…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Historic Holocaust Escape Tunnel Discovered in Lithuania

Using ground penetrating radar, a team of archaeologists has uncovered a tunnel dug by Jewish concentration camp prisoners to escape the Nazis. An archaeological team led by Richard Freund from the University of Hartford and Jon Seligman from the Israel Antiquities Authority discovered the existence of the tunnel at Ponar, a suburb of Vilnius. The…

Tech News George Dvorsky

second world war

ChatGPT vs. Nazi Encryption: Why Enigma Wouldn’t Stand a Chance Today

Mysterious Undocumented Vehicle Found in Wreckage of WWII Ship

Unexploded WWII Bomb Disrupts Paris Train Traffic, Forcing Major Delays

2,000-Year-Old Chariot Parts Discovered Beneath Welsh Airfield

Japan Sought to Develop Weaponized Anthrax During WWII, New Research Confirms

Prisoners’ Tools Found Hidden in Chimney at Auschwitz

New Research Exposes Horrific Conditions at Britain’s Forgotten Nazi Concentration Camp

Famed WW2 Aircraft Carrier Torpedoed in 1942 Found Miles Deep in Pacific Ocean

Shockwaves From WWII Bombing Raids Reached the Edge of Space, Scientists Report

Section of U.S. Warship from WWII Discovered off Alaskan Coast

Restored Prisoner’s Letter Uncovers Horrific Details of Life at Auschwitz Death Camp

This Grainy Image Could Be the First British Passenger Liner Sunk by the Nazis in WW2

Suspected Bomb From WW2 Found at Fukushima Nuclear Site

German Enigma Machine Found at Flea Market Fetches $51,000 at Auction

Newly Declassified Documents Show Nazis Plotted to Destroy Panama Canal

School Assignment Leads to Discovery of WWII Plane With Pilot’s Body Still Inside

World War II Shipwrecks Are Vanishing at a Disturbing Rate

Sunken British Submarine Found Off the Coast of Denmark

Heinrich Himmler’s Lost Wartime Diaries Confirm He Was a Total Bastard

Historic Holocaust Escape Tunnel Discovered in Lithuania

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