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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 [The Mystery of Lake Toplitz: Reputed to be The Dump For Nazi Gold, Platinum Bullion & Jewelry]( [The Mystery of Lake Toplitz: Reputed to be The Dump For Nazi Gold, Platinum Bullion & Jewelry]( Lake Toplitz in Austria is an odd place. It is located in the Totes Gebirge (Dead Mountains) about forty miles southeast of the city of… [Read more »]( [Did WW2 TV Sitcom Hogan’s Heroes Get Anything Right About Life in a German POW Camp?]( [Did WW2 TV Sitcom Hogan’s Heroes Get Anything Right About Life in a German POW Camp?]( Hogan’s Heroes was a highly successful American comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1971. It followed the fictitious adventures of a special operations group led… [Read more »]( [Apocalypse Now Movie Mistakes]( [Apocalypse Now Movie Mistakes]( Made in 1979 by Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now is one of the classic war films of the 20th century. It is based on Joseph… [Read more »]( [Sunken Treasure! A Wartime Discovery Is One-of-a-Kind Find]( [Sunken Treasure! A Wartime Discovery Is One-of-a-Kind Find]( Benjamin Franklin once said: “Three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.” He meant, of course, that sharing a secret with… [Read more »]( [The Most Highly Decorated NCO Fired Zero Gunshots]( [The Most Highly Decorated NCO Fired Zero Gunshots]( His actions in the First World War earned him numerous decorations. But interestingly, none of his award-worthy war actions involved using any weapons. Indeed, William Harold… [Read more »]( [The Nazis Weren’t The First, Sweden First Started Sterilising People Who Were Not “Aryan”]( [The Nazis Weren’t The First, Sweden First Started Sterilising People Who Were Not “Aryan”]( In the first half of the 20th century, as part of the study of eugenics in Sweden, a program was launched for compulsory sterilization. According… [Read more »]( [He Walked Through a Minefield, Took Out 3 Machine Guns With Grenades, Then Destroyed a Tank]( [He Walked Through a Minefield, Took Out 3 Machine Guns With Grenades, Then Destroyed a Tank]( Thomas Barfoot rose from rather humble beginnings in rural Mississippi to become a war hero who served in multiple wars and was awarded a Medal… [Read more »]( [He Knew It Was a One Way Ticket, He Dashed Into The Flames & Saved His Ship & Friends]( [He Knew It Was a One Way Ticket, He Dashed Into The Flames & Saved His Ship & Friends]( The history of the Medal of Honor is full of tales of servicemen who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country. Every one… [Read more »]( [Over-Dosed on Amphetamines, Stepped On a Mine, Laid in a Ditch, Skied 250 Miles To Escape The Russians]( [Over-Dosed on Amphetamines, Stepped On a Mine, Laid in a Ditch, Skied 250 Miles To Escape The Russians]( Sadly, the news in recent years has too often been filled with stories about people becoming addicted to and overdosing on methamphetamine, a drug which… [Read more »]( [“Baddest Man in the 761st” He Went Full On Berserker Destroying Everything In His Path]( [“Baddest Man in the 761st” He Went Full On Berserker Destroying Everything In His Path]( Warren Gamaliel Harding Crecy was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on January 4, 1923. Those who knew him called him “Harding.” He and his wife… [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:](