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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 Right Decision? Heroic End Of French Fleet – Scuttled 77 Ships To Avoid Capture By Nazi Germany]( [The Right Decision? Heroic End Of French Fleet – Scuttled 77 Ships To Avoid Capture By Nazi Germany]( It was exactly 4:00 AM on November 27, 1942. A thick veil of darkness was lingering over the skies of Toulon, but the city’s inhabitants were… [Read more »]( [Court Rules in Favor of Navy Vets Receiving Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure]( [Court Rules in Favor of Navy Vets Receiving Benefits for Agent Orange Exposure]( A recent ruling by a U.S. appeals court has paved the way for thousands of Vietnam veterans to receive benefits that they were barred from… [Read more »]( [Tokyo Mose & the Ear Medal – The Irreverent Antidote to Tokyo Rose]( [Tokyo Mose & the Ear Medal – The Irreverent Antidote to Tokyo Rose]( Iva Toguri, a Japanese woman born in the US, became well-known during World War II as “Tokyo Rose,” one of the hosts of The Zero… [Read more »]( [Hanbury Crater: 4000 Tons of Bombs, Million Rounds & Britain’s biggest WWII Explosion]( [Hanbury Crater: 4000 Tons of Bombs, Million Rounds & Britain’s biggest WWII Explosion]( On November 27, 1944, at 11:11 AM the quiet English countryside was rocked by one of the most deadly explosions to occur to occur during… [Read more »]( [The Marine The Viet Cong Couldn’t Break He Was Last Seen On a Jungle Trail in November 1967]( [The Marine The Viet Cong Couldn’t Break He Was Last Seen On a Jungle Trail in November 1967]( Of all the bad things that could happen to an American soldier during the Vietnam War, becoming a prisoner of war in the hands of… [Read more »]( [Vietnam Veteran Funeral Attended by as Many as 5,000 After Online Appeal]( [Vietnam Veteran Funeral Attended by as Many as 5,000 After Online Appeal]( Joseph Walker, a 72-year-old resident of Dale, Texas, died on November 19, 2018. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran who had served in Vietnam.… [Read more »]( [Liquid Fire – How Napalm Turned Vietnam Into a Fiery Hell]( [Liquid Fire – How Napalm Turned Vietnam Into a Fiery Hell]( The fire borrowed by humanity from Mother Nature at the dawn of civilization first gave warmth, protection, and hot food, but it soon turned into a… [Read more »]( [Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2]( [Seven Strange Looking German Armored Cars of WW2]( During the Second World War, the Germans made extensive use of military vehicles to master a new form of warfare, in which the combustion engine… [Read more »]( [Marine & Lone Ranger Actor Wasn’t KIA He Actually Died of Alcohol Poisoning From Drinking Moonshine]( [Marine & Lone Ranger Actor Wasn’t KIA He Actually Died of Alcohol Poisoning From Drinking Moonshine]( For those of us of a certain age, the sound of the William Tell Overture and the sight of a masked rider on a white… [Read more »]( [Hitler’s Buzzsaw: The Impressive MG 42 With Cool Footage]( [Hitler’s Buzzsaw: The Impressive MG 42 With Cool Footage]( When US soldiers first saw the MG 42, they made fun of the machine gun’s stamped steel parts. But the MG 42 was fully loaded… [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:](