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View this email [online]( if it doesn't display correctly Join the War History Online forum! On our very own forum you can engage in conversation with fellow readers, discuss the news, react to our articles and share your experiences. [Click to join our forum!]( Top stories of today [“Comfort Women” of WWII Abandoned by Japan – Critics Charge]( [“Comfort Women” of WWII Abandoned by Japan – Critics Charge]( In North America, men everywhere are dealing with the reckoning and fallout of the #Me Too and #Times Up movements, which constitute a calling to… [Read more »]( [Size Doesn’t Matter – Henry Johnson Awarded Medal of Honor for Fierce Fighting and Heroism]( [Size Doesn’t Matter – Henry Johnson Awarded Medal of Honor for Fierce Fighting and Heroism]( In June 1917, a young, slight railway porter left his job in Albany, New York and joined the US Army. A scant two months after… [Read more »]( [Flying Whale – The Messerschmitt 323 Gigant in 26 Photos]( [Flying Whale – The Messerschmitt 323 Gigant in 26 Photos]( The German Messerschmitt Me 323 was a giant transport aircraft which served the German military during the Second World War. It was a powered heavy… [Read more »]( [Hi-Tech Survey of USS Emmons Wreck – Ship Fought at Omaha Beach and Okinawa]( [Hi-Tech Survey of USS Emmons Wreck – Ship Fought at Omaha Beach and Okinawa]( A recent paper, “Assessment and Significance of a World War II battle site: recording the USS Emmons using a High‐Resolution DEM combining Multibeam Bathymetry and… [Read more »]( [“King Leonidas” Teams up with SEALs to Save a Russian President in “Hunter Killer” – Trailer Inside]( [“King Leonidas” Teams up with SEALs to Save a Russian President in “Hunter Killer” – Trailer Inside]( Following on from Washington in “Olympus Has Fallen” and London in “London Has Fallen”, now it’s Moscow’s turn. The upcoming movie “Hunter Killer” is not… [Read more »]( [Doping for War – Russian Vodka and German Amphetamines in WWII]( [Doping for War – Russian Vodka and German Amphetamines in WWII]( During World War II (the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union), alcohol was the norm in the Soviet army, and was unofficially called the Narkomovskie… [Read more »]( [The Rockets’ Red Glare – Congreve’s Invention, Fort McHenry, and a National Anthem]( [The Rockets’ Red Glare – Congreve’s Invention, Fort McHenry, and a National Anthem]( On September 12, 1814, HMS Erebus sailed up the Patapsco river toward Baltimore. The British Royal Navy had been roaming free throughout Chesapeake Bay for… [Read more »]( [Rolling Thunder – 30 Awesome Photos of the M7 Priest Self-Propelled Gun]( [Rolling Thunder – 30 Awesome Photos of the M7 Priest Self-Propelled Gun]( The M7 is a 105mm self-propelled artillery unit used by the United States in 1943-1945 in all theaters of military operations. It was established in… [Read more »]( [Join Our Forum!]( Timera, 901 N. Pitt St., Suite 325, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, United States You may [unsubscribe]( or [change your contact details]( at any time. [Powered by:](