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World War II

Akihabara Electric Town

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

The building where Otto Weidt made brushes and hid Jews

Berlin, Germany

Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind

A brush maker used his factory to protect blind Jews from the Gestapo.

A practice (inert) bomb is bounced during a training flight by members of RAF 617 Squadron at Reculver bombing range in Kent.

A Piece of a WWII 'Bouncing Bomb' Washed Up on an English Beach

It was just for practice.

Samir S. Patel March 31, 2017

The Oak Jozef

Wisniowa, Poland

Oak Jozef

The hollow trunk of this 650-year-old tree was used as a hideout by two Jewish brothers during World War II.

The Eagle is among the best-known pubs in Cambridge.

Cambridge, England

The Eagle

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Bunker under Gare de l'Est

WWII Bunker Under Gare de l'Est

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

A Jewish refugee from Tripoli and his daughter at the gate of Fort Ontario.

The New York Community That Welcomed 1,000 WWII Refugees

Fort Ontario in Oswego became a safe haven for families fleeing Europe.

Alicia Thompson March 22, 2017

The hotel as it looks today.

L'Aquila, Italy

Hotel Campo Imperatore

This Italian ski resort rose to fame when Benito Mussolini was held prisoner there and then rescued by the SS.

Found, By a Danish Schoolboy: A Crashed WWII Plane in His Family's Field

As a joke, his father had suggested he look for it.

Sarah Laskow March 8, 2017

L-birds at Cannon Field.

San Antonio, Texas

L-Bird Flying Museum

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

From afar, this British dummy tank would be easily fooled for the real tank it stands next to.

military history

A Visual Guide to the Ghost Army, Fake Fleets and Inflatable Enemies of World War II

Military units in both the Allied and Axis powers used air-filled tanks and straw airplanes to deceive enemies.

Lauren Young March 21, 2024

Cowboys in the mural.

Building 98

A World War II officers' club features Old West murals painted by German POWs.

U.S. bombers over Mount Fuji during WWII.

The WWII Plan to Mess With the Japanese by Dyeing Mt. Fuji

It was certainly an ambitious proposal.

Allan Richarz March 1, 2017

Ruins on Corregidor Island.

Cavite City, Philippines

Corregidor Island

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

The envelope of one of the letters.

Found: Love Letters a WWII Soldier Wrote to His Boyfriend

Homosexuality was illegal at the time.

Sarah Laskow February 21, 2017

Rota the lion at the Lightner Museum.

St. Augustine, Florida

Sir Winston Churchill's Lion 'Rota'

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Hitler's very own red phone of death.

Sold, for $243,000: Hitler's Personal Red Telephone

It was taken from his bunker.

Eric Grundhauser February 20, 2017

Alyosha standing guard over the ancient city of Plovdiv

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Alyosha Monument

A gigantic statue of a Russian soldier watches over the ancient city of Plovdiv, a prominent reminder of the Soviet period in Bulgaria.