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WAR HISTORY ONLINE Top stories of today [He Was The First North Korean Pilot To Defect, And He Took His MiG-15 With Him]( [He Was The First North Korean Pilot To Defect, And He Took His MiG-15 With Him]( It was September 1953, the war in Korea had ended almost two months previously, the ceasefire had been signed and adhered to by both sides.… [Read more »]( [Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Doomed Plan to Invade Britain]( [Operation Sealion: Hitler’s Doomed Plan to Invade Britain]( Great Britain’s success in holding out against Nazi Germany has become the stuff of national legend. The only country in Western Europe to successfully stand… [Read more »]( [Commanding Thousands – Approaches to Generalship on Ancient Battlefields]( [Commanding Thousands – Approaches to Generalship on Ancient Battlefields]( Modern generals are granted access to a multitude of communication and information gathering technologies from satellite imaging to UAVs and infantry equipped with cameras. Ancient… [Read more »]( [When a WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home]( [When a WW2 German Ace Stumbled Across a Crippled B-17 and Escorted It Home]( Truly touching moments of humanity, ethics and morals are rather rare in warfare. The Christmas Truce of WWI was an excellent example of such humanity,… [Read more »]( [The Mystery of Hitler’s Secret ‘Werewolf Bunker’]( [The Mystery of Hitler’s Secret ‘Werewolf Bunker’]( Hitler’s ambitious campaign of dominating the European continent gave us the horrors of the death camps and a deadly World War; it also left us… [Read more »]( [Hated By Infantry, Used By Royal Tank Corps – The Carden Loyd Carrier (Watch)]( [Hated By Infantry, Used By Royal Tank Corps – The Carden Loyd Carrier (Watch)]( This film is the 2nd in a series of short films that covers some of The Tank Museum’s collection of vehicles. It is presented by… [Read more »]( [Top American Civil War Sites To Visit Today]( [Top American Civil War Sites To Visit Today]( The American Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars fought on American soil. Many of the war sites found throughout the eastern half of… [Read more »]( [From The Tank Museum – The World’s First Modern Tank (Watch)]( [From The Tank Museum – The World’s First Modern Tank (Watch)]( The tank was one of the most important weapons of World War II. However, the first tanks were built during World War I (1914 –… [Read more »]( [Seven Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate]( [Seven Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate]( More than any other artifact of war, armor dominates visual images of medieval Europe. From the chainmail carefully stitched onto each warrior in the Bayeux… [Read more »]( [Legenda: Searching in Latvia to find WWII Remains and Give them Proper Burials]( [Legenda: Searching in Latvia to find WWII Remains and Give them Proper Burials]( The volunteer group, Legenda, sifts through the WWII battlefields of Latvia looking for the remains of soldiers. They then exhume them and send them home… [Read more »]( [Manned Torpedoes and Massive Ships – The Alexandria Raid Of World War Two]( [Manned Torpedoes and Massive Ships – The Alexandria Raid Of World War Two]( Italy’s part in WWII is usually remembered as one of failure and embarrassment. Italian forces were repeatedly rescued from defeat by their German allies. However, the… [Read more »]( [The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth]( [The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth]( Samurai were the elite warriors of feudal Japan; as dominant as knights were in Europe. Their equipment was as much a display of their status… [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:](