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World War II

Fontana-Monumento al Paracadutista d’Italia

This war memorial commemorates some of the world's first paratroopers.

This forged Paraguayan passport was one of thousands that helped spare Jewish lives during the Holocaust.

The Master Forgers Who Saved Thousands of Lives During World War II

From the Polish embassy in Switzerland came a campaign that spared many from Nazi extermination.

Nina Strochlic December 4, 2023

Following the introduction of chemical weapons in World War I and into the World War II era, concerns about unseen dangers spread to the homefront.

Airing Out the Mystery of the Mad Gasser of Mattoon

What a strange spate of "gas attacks" tells us about what was really lurking in mid-century America.

Colin Dickey December 4, 2023

Camp Century trench construction in 1960. Caption reads "Metal arch forms being emplaced over undercut trench."

Wonder Is Everywhere: Viking Hoaxes, a Secret Nuclear Ice Base, and More From Around the Web

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April White November 22, 2023

A museum entrance with sliding glass doors below a sign in blue letters that says "Stockport Air Raid Shelters"

Stockport, England

Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Nicknamed the 'Chestergate Hotel,' the underground tunnel had beds, lights, and even flushing toilets.

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Valkhofbunker

This World War II-era bunker hides between medieval chapels in Nijmegen's city center.

Podcast: Café 't Mandje

Learn about a woman who provided a safe haven during World War II via her quirky bar in Amsterdam's red light district.

The Podcast Team November 13, 2023

Taino Gunpowder Mill

The ghostly remains of a gunpowder mill lost in 70 hectares of thick woods.

Podcast: Gregynog Hall

Supporting victims of war led to an incredible art collection in Wales.

The Podcast Team November 7, 2023

Longstreet Cemetery

Six separate cemeteries became one, on the grounds of a former schoolhouse.

Potsdam, Germany

Truman Villa

The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.

Great Choral Synagogue Memorial

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

A church altar of sculpted amber saints that seems to float at the front of the church

Gdańsk, Poland

St. Bridget's Church

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Niksic, Montenegro

Monument to Fallen Fighters of WWII

An exquisite monument dedicated to fallen Partisan soldiers and anti-fascist fighters of Yugoslavia through symbols of gears and flowers.

Historic Wendover Airfield

This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.

Southampton, England

Mulberry Harbour Wreckage

Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.

The plains states might have been just about the only thing left to the United States.

This Map Shows a Divided and Conquered USA If America Had Lost WWII

Which parts of the East Coast and California might Germany and Japan have claimed?

Frank Jacobs, Big Think September 29, 2023

An extremely rare purple-red diamond came from the Argyle volcano and mine in Western Australia, source of almost all of the world's pink diamonds.

Wonder Is Everywhere: Lincoln’s Crooked Bowtie, the Mystery of Pink Diamonds, and More From Around the Web

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April White September 29, 2023