Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
I had little connection with Poland when I was growing up. My mother was English, we spoke no Polish at home. Yet as a young adult, I found myself …
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Is Christopher Nolan's Oscars Watch a Radioactive Grail or a Monstrous Frankenwatch?
It's either a stunning piece of Soviet history, or a wry allegory for scientific hubris Sign up to Esquire's About Time newsletter, style director Johnny Davis’s straight-talking take on the wonderful world of watches. It was a banner awards season for the watch industry, as a cavalcade of Tanks, …
The Ladoga Was The Soviet Union’s Plush Nuclear-War Command Vehicle. A Drone Just Blew One Up In Eastern Ukraine.
In the late 1970s, Soviet authorities asked the Kirovsky Design Bureau in Saint Petersburg to develop a nuclear reconnaissance and command vehicle. And not just any nuclear reconnaissance and command vehicle, but the best protected, most comfortable nuke vehicle imaginable. A sealed, self-contained …
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Shoichi Yokoi, The Japanese World War II Holdout Who Didn’t Surrender Until 1972
Imperial Japanese Army sergeant Shoichi Yokoi fled into the jungles of Guam when American forces recaptured the island in 1944 — and didn't emerge …
'Band of Brothers' Actors Are Training to Parachute into Normandy for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day
With the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy approaching in June, some of the actors decided they would commemorate the D-Day …
Family stunned to find looted artifacts from Battle of Okinawa while cleaning in their attic
This family in Massachusetts stumbles upon valuable artifacts in their attic and contacts the authorities. Sometimes, individuals cannot control the …