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WAR HISTORY ONLINE Top stories of today [Cemetery Exhuming Remains of 94 Unknown Battle of Tarawa Servicemen for Indentification]( [Cemetery Exhuming Remains of 94 Unknown Battle of Tarawa Servicemen for Indentification]( Officials are disinterring the remains of 94 unidentified Marines and sailors who were killed in the Pacific during one of the bloodiest battles of World… [Read more »]( [The Second Incarnation of HMS Iron Duke – Great Britain’s World War One Ultra-Battleship]( [The Second Incarnation of HMS Iron Duke – Great Britain’s World War One Ultra-Battleship]( Perhaps the Duke of Wellington, were he alive in 1914, would have objected to a second battleship again named after him when the first HMS… [Read more »]( [The Remains of a World War Two Pilot Make It Home]( [The Remains of a World War Two Pilot Make It Home]( The remains of Capt. Albert Schlegel arrived in Beaufort, Ga., March 27, 73 years after he disappeared in World War II, when his P-51 fighter… [Read more »]( [Space Coast Honor Flight Lifts The Spirits of Veterans]( [Space Coast Honor Flight Lifts The Spirits of Veterans]( “NCIS,” the highly-rated drama on CBS, gave its viewers a look into what Space Coast Honor Flight does every day. Bill Welser is the president… [Read more »]( [Remembering The First World War – The War That Changed The World Forever]( [Remembering The First World War – The War That Changed The World Forever]( Despite the deaths of thousands in the First World War, and the disappearance of centuries’ old empires, the “war to end all wars’ was transformative.… [Read more »]( [How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942]( [How Extraterrestrials Got Japanese-Americans Interned in 1942]( Many believe that the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII was the direct result of Pearl Harbor. While true, there were two other factors involved –… [Read more »]( [How Prize Thoroughbred Horses Were Rescued After Germany’s Surrender in WWII]( [How Prize Thoroughbred Horses Were Rescued After Germany’s Surrender in WWII]( In the last days of World War II, a secret operation was approved by General George Patton to rescue 500 of Europe’s finest thoroughbred horses.… [Read more »]( [Why the World’s Greatest Naval Power Opposed the Use of Steam Ships]( [Why the World’s Greatest Naval Power Opposed the Use of Steam Ships]( From the start of the 19th century, the race was on to create steam-powered navies. This would eventually take the world’s fleets from wooden sailing… [Read more »]( [The Amazing Career of General Billy Mitchell, American Father of the Skies]( [The Amazing Career of General Billy Mitchell, American Father of the Skies]( Some of the greatest, most memorable figures in America’s history are only given their due credit after their death. During their lifespan, they either go… [Read more »]( [This WW1 VC Charged The Enemy Trenches Captured 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry]( [This WW1 VC Charged The Enemy Trenches Captured 6 Machine Guns and 100 Infantry]( Horace Augustus Curtis wasn’t supposed to be a war hero. He was supposed to be a nobody who lived and died in relative poverty in… [Read more »]( [William Hitler, Nephew of Adolf, Joined the US Navy to Fight The Nazis in WW2]( [William Hitler, Nephew of Adolf, Joined the US Navy to Fight The Nazis in WW2]( Conspiracy theorists claim that a certain Hitler survived WWII, fled to Argentina or Brazil, and lived to a ripe old age. What utter nonsense. He… [Read more »]( [The Battle of Stoney Creek – A Minor Fight That Changed History]( [The Battle of Stoney Creek – A Minor Fight That Changed History]( In the early 1800s, two US generals tried to invade Canada. They might have succeeded, too, except for a peculiar handicap – their inability to… [Read more »]( [9 Essential Facts – The Dramatic British Opium Wars Which Changed The Course Of History]( [9 Essential Facts – The Dramatic British Opium Wars Which Changed The Course Of History]( Many people have heard something about the British Opium Wars (1839-1860) in passing. Perhaps in a college history class, but the details are vague. Or… [Read more »]( [3 Times In History When Discretion Was The Better Part of Valor]( [3 Times In History When Discretion Was The Better Part of Valor]( In war, standing and fighting in an unfavorable battle is certainly the brave and honorable choice, but it isn’t always the best choice to actually… [Read more »]( [After The Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Nelson Traveled Back To England Pickled in Brandy]( [After The Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Nelson Traveled Back To England Pickled in Brandy]( A long used euphemism in sailing circles, and in some pubs and bars, refers to slurping liquor from a straw directly from the barrel. 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:](