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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 [Some of the Best Anti Tank Rifles]( [Some of the Best Anti Tank Rifles]( Tanks became the undisputed kings of the battlefield — lumbering steel boxes that crushed everything in their path while shrugging off machine gun and rifle… [Read more »]( [The 1st Great Escape: Amazing Forgotten Story From WW1 PoWs Who Tunnelled Out of Camp Using Cutlery]( [The 1st Great Escape: Amazing Forgotten Story From WW1 PoWs Who Tunnelled Out of Camp Using Cutlery]( The Hollywood movie, The Great Escape, earned worldwide fame for its cool actors and its loose connection to a real-life escape from a Nazi prisoner… [Read more »]( [The Ottoman ‘Islamic Army of the Caucasus’ in Dagestan (1918)]( [The Ottoman ‘Islamic Army of the Caucasus’ in Dagestan (1918)]( At the end of World War I, the Ottoman Army achieved one of its greatest triumphs along the shores of the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan and Dagestan. But… [Read more »]( [The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh: The Last Pitched Battle Between England & Scotland]( [The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh: The Last Pitched Battle Between England & Scotland]( On September 10, 1547, the national armies of England and Scotland fought in a pitched battle at Pinkie Cleugh. Though no one knew it at the… [Read more »]( [PART 1 – The search for Amelia – Missouri veteran served aboard ship that searched for famed 1930s aviator]( [PART 1 – The search for Amelia – Missouri veteran served aboard ship that searched for famed 1930s aviator]( Coming of age in a community of St. Louis referred to as the “Patch,” Fred Hoechst Jr. graduated from high school only to experience the… [Read more »]( [Mitchell Paige: The Man Who Took on 2,500 Japanese Soldiers & Won]( [Mitchell Paige: The Man Who Took on 2,500 Japanese Soldiers & Won]( History has shown us that one person can turn the tide of a battle. There is no better example of this than Mitchell Paige. Paige… [Read more »]( [Enigma No Longer A Mystery: Peeking Inside the Fabled Nazi Machine]( [Enigma No Longer A Mystery: Peeking Inside the Fabled Nazi Machine]( The Enigma machine, used by the Nazis in World War II to send coded messages to agents and military personnel around the globe, has been… [Read more »]( [Remembering WWII’s “Black Thursday” In All 25 Percent of the Attack Force was Lost]( [Remembering WWII’s “Black Thursday” In All 25 Percent of the Attack Force was Lost]( During World War II, most of the ball bearings required for the Nazi army’s military and support vehicles were manufactured in Schweinfurt in eastern Bavaria.… [Read more »]( [How did Brits use allotments and ‘grow your own’ to survive two World Wars?]( [How did Brits use allotments and ‘grow your own’ to survive two World Wars?]( In September 2018, the world marked 79 years since the beginning of the Second World War — a conflict that lasted six years, divided the… [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:](