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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 [Irish President Gave Official Condolences to Nazi Germany on the Suicide of Hitler]( [Irish President Gave Official Condolences to Nazi Germany on the Suicide of Hitler]( Eamon de Valera has largely been forgotten by most of the world outside of the British Isles. However, he was an imposing figure in Irish… [Read more »]( [Firing The .50 Cal From a Sherman Tank: How Often Was This Actually Done?]( [Firing The .50 Cal From a Sherman Tank: How Often Was This Actually Done?]( From the very first moment that the earliest tanks rolled onto the battlefield in the First World War, they forever changed the way ground battles… [Read more »]( [Forgotten Hero of Korea: US General Who Saved the US Eighth Army in Korea & Just Like Patton Died As A Result Of An Accident In His Staff Car]( [Forgotten Hero of Korea: US General Who Saved the US Eighth Army in Korea & Just Like Patton Died As A Result Of An Accident In His Staff Car]( On the December 23, 1950, a military jeep with two occupants was traveling on a dirt road just outside Seoul, Korea. A convoy of trucks… [Read more »]( [This German Officer Gave His Life In A Minefield To Save An American Soldier]( [This German Officer Gave His Life In A Minefield To Save An American Soldier]( The story of Friedrich Lengfeld is one which is not so common in history. Occasionally we hear of soldiers who throw their bodies into the arms… [Read more »]( [Remains of Pearl Harbor Hero John Austin Finally Identified]( [Remains of Pearl Harbor Hero John Austin Finally Identified]( The remains of Navy Chief Warrant Officer John Arnold Austin have recently been identified by the Pentagon in the US. Naval Officer Austin was on… [Read more »]( [Death is Not Defeat: Mass Suicides in Nazi Germany in 1945]( [Death is Not Defeat: Mass Suicides in Nazi Germany in 1945]( On April 30, 1945, while in his Führerbunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler shot himself. Around the same time, about a thousand residents of the German… [Read more »]( [“The Victors” – More Than Likely One of The Best & Most Overlooked WW2 Movies?]( [“The Victors” – More Than Likely One of The Best & Most Overlooked WW2 Movies?]( In November 1963, Columbia Pictures released The Victors, a war film which was years ahead of its time. The cast was filled with stars from… [Read more »]( [Pilot Rammed an Italian Bomber Then Arrested the Surviving Crew With Just His Pistol]( [Pilot Rammed an Italian Bomber Then Arrested the Surviving Crew With Just His Pistol]( On May 22nd, 1939, fascist Italy signed a treaty called “The Pact of Steel” with Nazi Germany. This promoted stronger ties between the two countries,… [Read more »]( [Death & Marriage in Civil War: John Marshal Gains Power in Medieval England]( [Death & Marriage in Civil War: John Marshal Gains Power in Medieval England]( Civil wars contain challenges on a number of levels. The often tortuous family trees of medieval monarchs combined with many ambitious minor officials who hardly… [Read more »]( [The boys thought the airmen were waving back,in fact, they were trying to warn them the plane was about to crash]( [The boys thought the airmen were waving back,in fact, they were trying to warn them the plane was about to crash]( Just because something traumatic happens in childhood doesn’t mean the trauma won’t endure as a child matures. No matter how much time elapses, incidents can… [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:](