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Archaeology News :verified:

Japanese WWII destroyer Teruzuki wreck found off Guadalcanal after 83 years

In a remarkable deep-sea discovery, an international research team has located the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki, sunk in 1942 during one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The wreck, over 2,600 feet (800 meters) beneath the surface in the waters of the Solomon Islands...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/jap

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#archaeology#shipwreck#worldwar2
CarveHerName

Very early #OnThisDay, 14 Aug 1943, Eliane Plewman parachutes into Nazi-occupied France to become a courier for the Special Operations Executive. The British SOE supported the French resistance. A courier would move messages and equipment between people.

Captured after 7 months, she was executed in Dachau in Sept 1944.

#WomenInHistory#OTD#History
MediaFaro Magazine

‘Riefenstahl’: The lies of a visionary filmmaker who created the epic visual of Nazism.

A highly recommended documentary delves into previously unpublished archives of Leni Riefenstahl, the director of ‘Triumph of the Will’, to decipher one of the most influential and uncomfortable artists of the 20th century.

mediafaro.org/article/20250809

Adolf Hitler and Leni Riefenstahl, a still from the documentary ‘Riefenstahl’.
El País · ‘Riefenstahl’: The lies of a visionary filmmaker who created the epic visual of Nazism.By Elsa Fernández-Santos
#LeniRiefenstahl#Cinema#Nazis
Japan

The Forgotten War Dead in Taiwan: Japan Resumes Search After Half a Century

Beneath the shimmering waves of the Bashi Channel, a narrow stretch of ocean between Taiwan and the Philippines, lies one of the most overlooked gravey…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #bashichannel #history #Japanese #Japanesenews #news #Pacificocean #PacificWar #SouthChinaSea #Taiwan #wardead #worldwar2 #worldwarii #wwii
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1339702/the-forgo The Forgotten War Dead in Taiwan: Japan Resumes Search After Half a Century #BashiChannel #history #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #news #PacificOcean #PacificWar #SouthChinaSea #Taiwan #WarDead #WorldWar2 #WorldWarIi #wwii Beneath the shimmering waves of the Bashi Channel, a narrow stretch of ocean between Taiwan and the Philippines, lies one of the most overlooked graveyards of World War II. This vital maritime route, linking the

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