Shipwreck Hunters Find Long-Lost WWII-Era Submarine

Shipwreck hunters have located a long-lost World War II submarine which sank off the coast of Greece 81 years ago, Live Science reported. The HMS Trooper disappeared in October 1943 after running a covert mission to ferry three Greek resistance fighters to the island of Kalamos. The Trooper was then sent to patrol the Aegean … Read more

Archaeologists Find ‘Richly Decorated’ Japanese Weapon Amidst WWII Rubble

A “richly decorated” weapon from Edo-era Japan was discovered in Germany amidst a pile of rubble within a cellar damaged during World War II, according to a statement from the Museum of Prehistory and Early History of the Berlin State Museums and a report by Live Science. Archaeologists uncovered the sword during an excavation of … Read more

Will China Attack Taiwan? Never Mind—It Already Is

Rugged, sparsely populated and weathered by storm-tossed seas, the Matsu Islands of Taiwan rarely feel like a potential flashpoint between the world’s superpowers. The skies over this isolated archipelago five and a half miles off the Chinese mainland dim so dramatically after the sun sinks into the Taiwan Strait that part of it is seeking … Read more