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An abandoned bunker.

Swindon, England

Britain's Secret Underground Bunkers

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

A statue of the Roman emperor Augustus in the center of Augsburg.

WWII Bomb Discovery Sparks Christmas Evacuation

54,000 residents of Augsburg will have to leave their homes on Christmas Day.

Cara Giaimo December 23, 2016

Experts walk through Minute Man National Park, as part of the Parker's Revenge Project's Military Tactical Review.

How a Team of Reenactors Helped Solve a Revolutionary War Mystery

Led by archaeologist Meg Watters, the Parkers Revenge Project reconstructed a crucial battle on the first day of the Revolutionary War.

Cara Giaimo December 23, 2016

Dr. James Barry spent almost his entire medical career serving in the British Army, yet his records and work were kept hidden from the public.

military history

Why This Groundbreaking British Doctor Was Almost Erased From the History Books

James Barry's gender identity was a military secret for nearly a century.

Lauren Young December 22, 2016

Luftbrückendenkmal and C-47 Rosinenbomber, Rhein-Main Airbase in Frankfurt.

Frankfurt, Germany

Luftbrückendenkmal: Monument to the Berlin Airlift

The sweet story of how American cargo planes became known as "Candy Bombers" during the Berlin Blockade.

A "Mark III" military escape kit, with a silk map peeking out.

How Millions Of Secret Silk Maps Helped POWs Escape Their Captors in WWII

The ingenious maps played a role in some 750 successful escapes.

Cara Giaimo December 20, 2016

Nuclear Shelter 10-Z

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Civil War Nurses Memorial

Washington, D.C.

Civil War Nurses Memorial

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

Looking East towards Cartagena

Cartagena, Spain

Bateria de Castillitos

The two massive guns that defended Cartagena Bay.

Canso Bomber Plane Crash

Tofino, British Columbia

Canso Bomber Crash Site

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

Soldiers locked forever in combat

Sekigahara-chō, Japan

Sekigahara War Land

One of the bloodiest and most important battles in Japanese history is recreated with kitschy concrete statues.

Belgrade, Serbia

Belgrade Aviation Museum

In the hinterlands of Serbia's capital, a giant reflective mushroom houses an aeronautical history of the former Yugoslav republic.

Seattle, Washington

Piece of the Berlin Wall at Cafe Turko

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

The field hospital after the Battle of Savage Station. Lack of doctors and resources meant that medical conditions were often unhygienic.

How Civil War Soldiers Gave Themselves Syphilis While Trying to Avoid Smallpox

If only someone had warned them not to take a DIY approach.

Mariana Zapata November 30, 2016

Gravestones at the British Cemetery .

Ocracoke, North Carolina

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A replica of an operational base.

There Are Hundreds of Secret Underground WWII Bases Hidden in British Forests

Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016

Old Power Plant of the Army Research Center in Peenemünde

Peenemünde, Germany

Peenemünde Army Research Center

The NASA scientists behind Apollo 11 started out developing Nazi weapons at this abandoned German rocket factory.

Watch Anti-Hitler Vegetable Propaganda

During World War II, American cannery workers were urged to "beet Hitler."

Molly McBride Jacobson November 23, 2016