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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 [Ike returned to Normandy with Walter Cronkite 20 years after D-Day]( [Ike returned to Normandy with Walter Cronkite 20 years after D-Day]( “Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many… [Read more »]( [Amputation Without any Surgical Tools: Amazing Story of a Daring Escape From German Troops]( [Amputation Without any Surgical Tools: Amazing Story of a Daring Escape From German Troops]( Snow blindness, frostbite, gangrene, and amputation without any surgical tools. These are all things that can kill a person, and adding in WWII as well… [Read more »]( [A Five-Foot Finnish Farmer The Deadliest Sniper In History]( [A Five-Foot Finnish Farmer The Deadliest Sniper In History]( The White Death became Finland’s (and, arguably, the world’s) most prolific and famous sniper. During the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, he achieved an estimated 500… [Read more »]( [Last WWI tank casualty identified – Eric Robinson]( [Last WWI tank casualty identified – Eric Robinson]( The last member of the Tank Corps to be killed in the First World War has been identified – and he died just days before… [Read more »]( [Colour Footage of Normandy: More Visceral Than Any Hollywood Film]( [Colour Footage of Normandy: More Visceral Than Any Hollywood Film]( The Allied landing at Normandy in June 1944 was the most ambitious and massive amphibious invasion ever staged. Hundreds of thousands of men from countries… [Read more »]( [The SAS Italian Job: Many of those murky events in the spring of 1945 remain governed by secrecy to this day]( [The SAS Italian Job: Many of those murky events in the spring of 1945 remain governed by secrecy to this day]( If you glance through the list of other works by Damien Lewis at the start of the book on offer here, you will see a… [Read more »]( [Bought a Tank & Found $2.6 Million in Gold Bullion Inside]( [Bought a Tank & Found $2.6 Million in Gold Bullion Inside]( Supplying movie and TV crews with tanks for period and wartime dramas is just one of the tasks performed by Tanks-A-Lot, a British company in… [Read more »]( [Rick Rescola: True American Hero Led a Bayonet Charge in Vietnam, Saved Thousands from the Twin Towers 9/11. His Body Was Never Found]( [Rick Rescola: True American Hero Led a Bayonet Charge in Vietnam, Saved Thousands from the Twin Towers 9/11. His Body Was Never Found]( The Battle of la Drang Valley was the first major battle in the Vietnam War. 36 years later, the first major battle of the War… [Read more »]( [Three of the Biggest Military Mistakes in Hollywood Movies]( [Three of the Biggest Military Mistakes in Hollywood Movies]( Watching a movie as a military historian means you judge it on a number of levels. In addition to the usual concerns over plot and… [Read more »]( [How Reliable Were WWII Pilot Kill Counts?]( [How Reliable Were WWII Pilot Kill Counts?]( In the heat of an aerial battle, can you really keep track of how many planes have been shot down? During WWII, intelligence officers believed… [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:](