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WAR HISTORY ONLINE Top stories of today [Amazing Story Of The Company Cleaning Up After The WWII Shipbreaking Boom In Portland] [Amazing Story Of The Company Cleaning Up After The WWII Shipbreaking Boom In Portland] During World War II, Portland was home to several shipyards that built warships for the war. When the war ended, those shipyards were no longer… [Read more »] [World War Two Veteran Who Is Still Flying At Age 93] [World War Two Veteran Who Is Still Flying At Age 93] 70 years ago, Howard Hendrick flew Lancaster bombers in Europe during World War II. After the war, he married his girlfriend and began a commercial… [Read more »] [After A Careful Scientific Investigation, An American WWII Veteran Returns Home] [After A Careful Scientific Investigation, An American WWII Veteran Returns Home] First Lieutenant Ben B. Barnes flew a P-51 fighter plane in the 361st Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group. On December 5, 1944, he was part… [Read more »] [As Living Pearl Harbor Survivors Become Fewer, An Amazing Listening Project Records Their Stories] [As Living Pearl Harbor Survivors Become Fewer, An Amazing Listening Project Records Their Stories] The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Herman Zuckerman was there, but he never spoke very much about what he experienced. Instead, family… [Read more »] [Welcome To America’s Massive Military Machinery Graveyard (Watch)] [Welcome To America’s Massive Military Machinery Graveyard (Watch)] Situated between the mountains on the border of Nevada and California, is a 36,000-acre area of land where the American military dispatches its equipment and… [Read more »] [Saddam’s Secret Super Gun – Project Babylon] [Saddam’s Secret Super Gun – Project Babylon] Project Babylon was an Iraqi code name for the construction of a supergun, commissioned by Sadam Hussein in 1988. The engineer in charge of the… [Read more »] [Seven Very Different Opponents Faced By Victorian British Armies] [Seven Very Different Opponents Faced By Victorian British Armies] Maintaining your status as a global power is no easy thing. The British Victorian Army was one of the best equipped and most experienced in… [Read more »] [The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One] [The Battle of Pharsalus: How Caesar Won a Civil War While Outnumbered Two to One] The Battle of Pharsalus was one of the most important in Julius Caesar’s career. Fought on the 9th of August 48 BC, it was the… [Read more »] [The Best Sniper Of World War 1 – Francis Pegahmagabow (Watch)] [The Best Sniper Of World War 1 – Francis Pegahmagabow (Watch)] Francis Pegahmagabow is not a well-known name, but he was a Canadian First Nation sniper-hero of World War One and the most-awarded native soldier in… [Read more »] [Flying Tigers Veteran Glen Beneda Never Forgot How The Chinese Saved His Life, Nor Did They Forget Him] [Flying Tigers Veteran Glen Beneda Never Forgot How The Chinese Saved His Life, Nor Did They Forget Him] When the US entered WWII, many believed they’d lose because Japanese victories kept piling up at America’s expense. Historians claim that the Battle of Midway… [Read more »] [“Attack on Orleans” – Review by Mark Barnes] [“Attack on Orleans” – Review by Mark Barnes] By my reckoning this is the 125th book I have reviewed this year and how wonderful it is to find gems at this stage in… [Read more »] [The Great War – The Evolution Of An Iconic War Machine – Tanks In WW1 (Watch)] [The Great War – The Evolution Of An Iconic War Machine – Tanks In WW1 (Watch)] The history of modern warfare – and, in fact, the modern world in general – was irreversibly shaped and sculpted by the events of the… [Read more »] 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:][GetResponse]