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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 [A Strange Story From The Civil War: There in McLean’s parlor, Grant & Lee Hashed Out The Surrender]( [A Strange Story From The Civil War: There in McLean’s parlor, Grant & Lee Hashed Out The Surrender]( The American Civil War threatened to rip the nation apart and created rifts that in some ways have not healed. For four years the nation… [Read more »]( [The Mystery of the Lost Legion – Left Briton & Was Never Seen Again]( [The Mystery of the Lost Legion – Left Briton & Was Never Seen Again]( What could have happened to the 9th Legion? How could it simply disappear? The fate of the 9th has been the subject of debate for… [Read more »]( [The Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent 70 Years After WWII]( [The Bunker of the “Beast of Auschwitz” Found in a Convent 70 Years After WWII]( Buried thirty feet underneath the ground, in the basement of an old convent in southern Poland, is a room which used to be the secret… [Read more »]( [It Was Brutal: Press Ganging, Keelhauling & Flogging in The Royal Navy]( [It Was Brutal: Press Ganging, Keelhauling & Flogging in The Royal Navy]( Each blow of the cat would open up numerous wounds, enough of which could prove fatal, on the unfortunate sailor’s back. The British Royal Navy… [Read more »]( [Sex Outside of Marriage: Lebensborn, How Hitler Planned a Master Race]( [Sex Outside of Marriage: Lebensborn, How Hitler Planned a Master Race]( Most of the smaller children were taken away from their parents before they were old enough to comprehend what was even happening. The Third Reich… [Read more »]( [Downfall Actor Who Portrayed Hitler Dies In Switzerland]( [Downfall Actor Who Portrayed Hitler Dies In Switzerland]( The stage and screen actor who brought a chilling portrayal of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to the screen has died at his home in Zurich.… [Read more »]( [From Wild West Desperado to Astronaut]( [From Wild West Desperado to Astronaut]( “His disappearance was followed by a yell from his gang and then there was a dead silence.” Nebraska, 1861. An unforgiving time to be alive,… [Read more »]( [America’s Forgotten WWI Hero Who Beat the Boche Bare Handed]( [America’s Forgotten WWI Hero Who Beat the Boche Bare Handed]( With just his fists and his knife, he managed to fend them off, fighting with such fury that the Germans eventually retreated. While the United… [Read more »]( [The Forgotten Atrocities of a Fascist Puppet State-Croatia in WW2]( [The Forgotten Atrocities of a Fascist Puppet State-Croatia in WW2]( The Holocaust soon came to Croatia. On Pavelić’s first day in office, he declared that “offending the nation of Croatia” was punishable by death. The… [Read more »]( [A Savage & Brutal Affair. Hand-To-Hand Combat in WW1]( [A Savage & Brutal Affair. Hand-To-Hand Combat in WW1]( In trench combat, any encounter you had with an enemy soldier was likely to be a life-or-death one. The First World War is notorious for… [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:](