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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 [Did The C47 Pilots Nerves on D-Day Cause Casualties?]( [Did The C47 Pilots Nerves on D-Day Cause Casualties?]( In order to further decrease the risk of collision, many pilots pushed the throttle forward and climbed to a height above the clouds, anywhere between… [Read more »]( [The Maginot Line: Then and Now- From Defence to Discos!]( [The Maginot Line: Then and Now- From Defence to Discos!]( Some of the forts were sold off to private companies and became discos, underground mushroom farms, and museums. In the 1920s France was still reeling… [Read more »]( [The Mystery Of The Missing Billions: The Hunt For Yamashita’s Lost WWII Gold]( [The Mystery Of The Missing Billions: The Hunt For Yamashita’s Lost WWII Gold]( The gold, allegedly, was then used to fund top-secret black operations conducted by the CIA over the next few decades. One indisputable fact about war… [Read more »]( [Modern & Historic Tanks to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Royal Armoured Corps]( [Modern & Historic Tanks to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Royal Armoured Corps]( On 4th April 1939, in preparation for the outbreak of the Second World War, the Royal Armoured Corps was formed, bringing together all the British Army… [Read more »]( [300 VS 2,000: The Magnificent Charge Of The British Heavy Brigade At Balaclava]( [300 VS 2,000: The Magnificent Charge Of The British Heavy Brigade At Balaclava]( When Scarlett and his three hundred cavalrymen crashed into the midst of the Russians, it was like a tornado had hit them. The battle of… [Read more »]( [Born in 1842 The Oldest Veteran Of The US Civil War Who Lived Until 1953!]( [Born in 1842 The Oldest Veteran Of The US Civil War Who Lived Until 1953!]( One of Hard’s uncles served in the American Revolutionary War, while some of his grandsons and great-grandsons served in the Second World War. One of… [Read more »]( [A One Man Arsenal: German Stormtroops of WWI]( [A One Man Arsenal: German Stormtroops of WWI]( Stormtroops would be equipped with satchels full of grenades, making virtually every man a walking arsenal. In recent years, the term “stormtrooper” has come to… [Read more »]( [We Were Soldiers: 10 Facts About the Battle of Ia Drang]( [We Were Soldiers: 10 Facts About the Battle of Ia Drang]( The US forces made use of battalion radio operators to request helicopter support and coordinate artillery barriers, bombardments, and bomb and napalm strikes. The Battle… [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:](