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Adolf Hitler (second from right) and Albert Speer (right) in front of the 800mm gustav railway gun in the year 1943. German Federal Archives/Walter Frentz.

Study This Old Photo: Was This Hitler's Secret Super 'Gun'?

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See This Strange Cannon? It Was Hitler's Secret Weapon to Crush the Allies

Eating Too Much Rice Almost Doomed Japan's Imperial Navy

Hitler's Dumbest World War II Idea: Build the Biggest 'Gun' Ever (It Was a Waste)

Britain’s New Spy Planes Are Practically Spacecraft

The Story of How Hitler Built the Biggest Gun Ever (And it Was a Total Flop)

FACT: Russian Cosmonauts Carried a Shotgun Into Space

Nazi Germany Built the Biggest 'Big Gun' Ever (And it Was a Total Paper Tiger)

Even Animals Needed Gas Masks in World War I

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