Panjandrum: The 'giant firework' built to break Hitler's Atlantic Wall

To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional idea was a "giant firework".

How the last letters of the condemned can teach us how to live | Aeon Essays

Condemned to death by firing squad, French resistance fighters put pen to paper. Their dying words can teach us how to live

Julia Parsons, U.S. Navy Code Breaker During World War II, Dies at 104

Soon after her officer training in Washington, she was recruited to a classified code-breaking team. She kept her work secret for decades, even from her family.

Torpedo juice: The legendary illegal World War II liquor drunk In Alaska and across the world

Named for the 180-proof ethyl alcohol that powered American torpedoes, the concoction was consumed throughout the Navy and beyond.

Why Everything We Think We Know About Spies Is Wrong

In the movies, spies are usually ripped hunks who carry lots of gadgets, like James Bond and Jason Bourne. That’s rarely the case in real life, however. When the Office of Strategic Services,…

日本佐渡金山入選世界遺產，卻未「呈現完整歷史」　南韓：食言而肥不是第一次了 | DQ 地球圖輯隊

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【地球圖書館】「人類所有糟糕事，都能成為鬼的代名詞！」如果桃太郎不是正義的鬼殺隊，那他又是誰？ | DQ 地球圖輯隊

——本文為地球圖輯隊 X 臺灣商務合作——在華人的世界，每逢農曆鬼門開，諸多的鬼月禁忌是中元普渡拜拜之外，寧可信其有，不可信其無的民俗傳統。而在日本，他們相信「百鬼夜行」日，妖怪會呼朋引伴的出遊，因此要避免晚歸甚至是出門，當時人也認為人之所以會生病，可能就是被鬼纏上，所以會去找陰陽師、「方相士」（法師）這類擁有異能的人來驅邪，或找和尚來誦經，而不是去找藥師尋求解藥。此外，鬼的形象也套用在各式威脅上，自然災害、傳染病、外國人、忌恨的男女、可恨的敵國，人類世界所有的糟糕事，都能成為鬼的代名詞！日本宗教史學者小山聰子，蒐羅爬梳許多歷史記載與話本故事，探究鬼是如何從令人敬畏的存在，轉變為所有恐懼、厭惡事物的代名詞，例如掌瘟疫的「疫神」，也被視同鬼的等級，用種種「追儺」「調伏」儀式，加以驅逐之。本文摘自小山聰子著作《日本的那些鬼怪：從陰陽師、桃太郎到鬼滅之刃，鬼的形象及其變遷》，以下為本書摘要。

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D-Day: Secret scientists and engineers behind Normandy landings

How a physicist and engineer worked on secret projects to make sure D-Day went ahead 80 years ago.

Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground

In June 1944, the veteran journalist hid on a hospital ship so she could report firsthand as Allied soldiers fought their way onto the beaches of Normandy