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From Da Vinci to D-Day: The Evolution of Parachutes

Parachutes began as sketches by Da Vinci and daring stunts in 18th-century Paris, but their real importance emerged with flight. France and Germany were early adopters in WWI, while the U.S. only ...
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Germany’s First Anti-Tank Weapons in WWI

Welcome to Anti-Tank Chats, a new series exploring the history of infantry weapons designed to combat tanks. In this first episode, Archive and Supporting Collections Manager Stuart Wheeler examines ...

Putin’s troops resort to using NAZI weapons after raiding museums to supply suicide missions in meatgrinder Ukraine war

VLADIMIR Putin’s crumbling war machine has sunken to grotesque new lows – using Nazi-era weapons looted from museums as his battered army runs out of ammo. Ukraine’s ...

Russia resorts to using Nazi weapons in Ukraine war as Moscow raids museums to restock arms

Ukraine’s “Tur” reconnaissance unit claimed to have discovered Nazi detonators inside a Russian ammunition depot, posting photos of the cone-shaped devices inscribed with the ...

Toxic ammunition is rotting away in the Baltic Sea. Germany wants to recover it before it’s too late

Approximately 1.6 million tonnes of WWII munitions lie on the seafloor, leaking toxic compounds that are contaminating marine ...