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US once tried to use glow-in-the-dark foxes against Japan during WWII
May 21, 2024A lot of strange tactics were thought up during the Second World War, but this is perhaps one of the strangest of them all.
Mystery of missing WWII fighter pilot finally solved over 80 years on
Nov 30, 2023Lt Warren Singer's plane had disappeared without a trace during an attack on Italian airfields in 1943.
Treasure map release sparks hunt for real-life Nazi gold
Jan 8, 2023Treasure hunters will soon be scouring the Dutch countryside for a cache of riches buried by German soldiers during WWII.
Mystery cube points to Nazi nuclear program
Aug 25, 2021Scientists are close to proving that a cube of uranium was part of Germany's secret WWII nuclear program.
Nazi shipwreck could contain Amber Room
Oct 2, 2020A Polish diving team has discovered the final resting place of the missing WWII-era steamer 'Karlsruhe'.
Alligator that survived WWII dies aged 84
May 24, 2020An aged alligator that was once rumored to belong to Adolf Hitler has passed away at a zoo in Moscow.
Long-lost footage of WWII MI6 personnel found
VIDEO Apr 5, 2020Silent footage filmed during the Second World War shows a site connected to Britain's Enigma codebreakers.
75-year-old warship mystery solved at last
Jul 22, 2019The wreck of the last US warship to be sunk off the east coast during WWII has finally been discovered.
Plane wreck could solve 50-year-old mystery
Dec 31, 2018The wreck of a WWII plane found in the English Channel could help to explain what happened to a US serviceman.
WWII bombs sent shockwaves to edge of space
Oct 1, 2018It turns out that the devastating bombing raids of World War II damaged more than just targets on the ground.
CIA informant claimed Hitler survived WWII
Sep 9, 2017Declassified CIA documents have indicated that Hitler may not have committed suicide in his bunker.
Nazi gold reportedly found in WWII shipwreck
Jul 24, 2017A chest thought to be filled with Nazi gold has been found in the wreckage of the scuttled SS Minden.
Mystery surrounds huge haul of WWII dog tags
Apr 11, 2017Military expert Dan Mackay found 14,000 Word War II dog tags buried in a field just outside London.
WWII shipwrecks are mysteriously vanishing
Nov 17, 2016Three shipwrecks dating back to World War II have completely disappeared from the bottom of the Java Sea.
Solar flares almost started a nuclear war
Aug 12, 2016A sudden and intense period of solar flare activity almost triggered a nuclear apocalypse back in 1967.
Musk: 'nuclear WWIII could erupt at any time'
Dec 14, 2015SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is concerned that another world war could ruin efforts to send humans to Mars.
Woman uses unexploded bombshell as a vase
Oct 2, 2015A careers adviser from Warwickshire in England used the old WWII shell to hold flowers for 30 years.
WWII tunnel found in hunt for Nazi gold train
Sep 10, 2015A World War II era railway tunnel has been unearthed by authorities at the train's rumored location.
Did Hitler escape Germany at the end of WWII?
Jun 12, 2015British historian Gerrard Williams maintains that Hitler did not perish in his bunker after all.
Iceberg aircraft carrier proposed during WWII
Aug 15, 2014Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
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