Tag Archives: WWII

Mar 22

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Behind the Bomb

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Behind the Bomb tells the story of the women working on Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where uranium was enriched and then shipped to Los Alamos for use in the first … Read More

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Mar 19

PhotosNormandie

PhotosNormandie is an amazing collection of over 3000 photos from the Normandy invasion that are available to use royalty-free. I’ve only just started browsing but a lot of them I have never seen before. Captions in French, but you should … Read More

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Nov 23

WWII pigeon message stumps decoders

It’s possible that the WWII message recently found attached to a pigeon may be impossible to decode. If it was encoded using a one-time pad, which is known only to the sender and receiver and is destroyed immediately, there’s no … Read More

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Nov 02

WWII carrier pigeon skeleton found with secret message still attached

David Martin was renovating his home in England when he found the skeleton of a WWII carrier pigeon in his chimney with a coded message still attached to its leg. It’s assumed the pigeon was either on its way to … Read More

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Jun 19

City of Ruins

The City of Ruins is a “digital stereoscopic reconstruction of Warsaw destroyed during World War II.” Although you have to actually go to the Warsaw Rising Museum to see the film you can view the trailer and see how they … Read More

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