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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 Hunger Field: The WW2 POW Camp.]( [The Hunger Field: The WW2 POW Camp.]( The prisoners slept on the bare and damp earth. The toilets were insufficient, and the food was in short supply. On April 25, 1945, the… [Read more »]( [Hell From Above : The Messerschmitt Bf 110 Night Fighter]( [Hell From Above : The Messerschmitt Bf 110 Night Fighter]( Its only drawback was that early night fighter versions were barely faster than the bombers they were trying to intercept. In the mid-1930s, there was… [Read more »]( [Unknown Soldier: Pictures & Interview Exclusive]( [Unknown Soldier: Pictures & Interview Exclusive]( The movie UNKNOWN SOLDIER is by the award-winning director AKU LOUHIMIES. The story follows a platoon of ordinary Finnish soldiers on the battlefields of Finland… [Read more »]( [Braveheart: Fact or Fiction? The Real William Wallace]( [Braveheart: Fact or Fiction? The Real William Wallace]( The Scottish infantrymen, armed with pikes and spears, managed to successfully defend against an English cavalry charge. The name William Wallace, once known only by… [Read more »]( [Loose Lips Do Sink Ships]( [Loose Lips Do Sink Ships]( To engage a US submarine that was running deep at 360 feet, it would take the older depth charge nearly a minute to get down… [Read more »]( [Saluting a Surrender: How Guam Fell in Just 13 Shots]( [Saluting a Surrender: How Guam Fell in Just 13 Shots]( Orders in hand, Glass steamed on for Guam and whatever resistance the Spanish offered. In 1898, the United States went to war against the ailing… [Read more »]( [Beyond Brave: The First Ever Recipient Of The Victoria Cross]( [Beyond Brave: The First Ever Recipient Of The Victoria Cross]( He sprinted over to the shell, picked it up, and dumped it overboard, where it exploded in the ocean a mere second later. Of all… [Read more »]( [Lions Led by Donkeys: British Soldiers of WW1]( [Lions Led by Donkeys: British Soldiers of WW1]( “An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by sheep.” “Lions led by donkeys” is a famous phrase… [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:](