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![Here we see at least nine large open boxes filled with gold coins and jewelry that was collected by the Nazis from their victims. These were found in a cave adjoining the Buchenwald concentration camp.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qPtsxiuUWhCgqjDCeogHZ5-320-80.jpg)
Is Nazi gold real?
By Martin McGuigan published
Nazi soldiers looted numerous valuable items and tons of gold, but the chances of locating buried treasure are tiny.
![History of War magazines](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G2KY23wcFGXdEWViv3tM49-320-80.jpg)
Custer's last stand: How the Native American victory unfolded
By Tom Garner last updated
Inside History of War issue 109: Read a blow-by-blow account of the Battle of Little Bighorn.
![The Sammy B wreck's torpedo tubes.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iuRRwsC2yAnQvPBBarDceB-320-80.jpeg)
World's deepest shipwreck found — a US navy warship sunk in biggest sea battle of WWII
By Ben Turner last updated
The warship was sunk in a fierce four-day battle in October 1944 during the Pacific War
![On July 19, 2018, Russia completed a drop test of the RS-28 Sarmat liquid-fueled superheavy intercontinental ballistic missile.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c5yXvEfomrGTZjpthEdcjk-320-80.jpg)
How deadly is Putin's nuclear 'Satan 2' missile?
By Ben Turner published
The new missile doesn’t appear to add much to Russia’s already existing nuclear threat.
![Able Archer was part of the annual Autumn Forge Nato exercise](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9r98Yd8XMvUXmkey4rbM5D-320-80.jpg)
Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear
By Callum McKelvie published
Reference Able Archer was a 1983 NATO military exercise that nearly triggered war with the Soviet Union
![Maxar satellite imagery shows the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, where workers are being held hostage by Russian forces, on March 10, 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RhFCu57fWLPELAmDzNSnjh-320-80.jpg)
Ukraine invasion's impacts on the world of science: Live updates
By Nicoletta Lanese, Brandon Specktor, Ben Turner, Jeanna Bryner published
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is being felt far and wide, from risks to nuclear power plants to impacts on science experiments to fear of a nuclear war.
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Can we prevent World War III? History of diplomacy and deterrence
By Michael E. Haskew published
Reference A hotline between Washington and Moscow, along with other measures, facilitates communication at critical times to avoid World War III.
![Bataan Death March](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5b9Eiy9ajform6QisZhCmQ-320-80.jpg)
Bataan Death March: Japan's WWII massacre
By Miguel Miranda published
Reference The Bataan Death March was an horrific event that killed 20,000 prisoners, after the fall of the Philippines in 1942.
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