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WAR HISTORY ONLINE Top stories of today [Wargaming Reveals Further Details on WOT Grand Finals 2017]( [Wargaming Reveals Further Details on WOT Grand Finals 2017]( Wargaming is excited to unveil further details about the upcoming and action-packed Grand Finals 2017. With a $300,000 prize pool on the line, 12 of… [Read more »]( [The Bombing of Pearl Harbor – And The Exiled Queen of Holland, The First Female Billionaire]( [The Bombing of Pearl Harbor – And The Exiled Queen of Holland, The First Female Billionaire]( Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria was the longest-serving queen of the Netherlands, having reigned from 1890 to 1948. Her keen business instincts made her the first… [Read more »]( [Top Facts About The Sherman Tank: An American Workhorse]( [Top Facts About The Sherman Tank: An American Workhorse]( Strength in numbers. This is exactly what the M-4 Sherman tank was good at in its heyday. World War II saw the rise of the… [Read more »]( [Dawn of the Tank Age: the Battle of Cambrai, 1917]( [Dawn of the Tank Age: the Battle of Cambrai, 1917]( For the German troops near the French town of Cambrai, the world exploded into terror and flame on the morning of November 20th, 1917. 1,003… [Read more »]( [Korean War: The US Pilot Who Chased a MiG to China To Shoot It Down, then Survived the Hanoi Hilton!]( [Korean War: The US Pilot Who Chased a MiG to China To Shoot It Down, then Survived the Hanoi Hilton!]( James Robinson “Robbie ” Risner was an American military pilot, a double recipient of the Air Force Cross and a hero of the Korean and… [Read more »]( [The Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun (Full Auto)]( [The Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun (Full Auto)]( Black and white gangster movies from the 1930’s were, and still are, hugely popular. The weapon of choice in these movies is almost always the… [Read more »]( [Operation Husky – The Battle for Sicily Which Launched The Italian Campaign]( [Operation Husky – The Battle for Sicily Which Launched The Italian Campaign]( Operation Husky was the unlikely codename for the invasion of Sicily by Allied forces in the summer of 1943. The operation, which got off to… [Read more »]( [The High-Tech, High-Speed F-22 Raptor – An Epic Modern Fighter Plane]( [The High-Tech, High-Speed F-22 Raptor – An Epic Modern Fighter Plane]( Raptor? Have the U.S. armed forces trained dinosaurs to fight? No, the Raptor is a fighter, and a raptor is also a bird of prey,… [Read more »]( [Top Facts About The Los Angeles WWII Zoot Suit Racial Attacks]( [Top Facts About The Los Angeles WWII Zoot Suit Racial Attacks]( In 1943, when the United States was involved in World War II the country was rocked on the home front. Thousands of Mexicans had migrated… [Read more »]( [Firing The Powerful German PAK-40 Anti-Tank Gun!]( [Firing The Powerful German PAK-40 Anti-Tank Gun!]( The 75 millimeter Pak 40 anti-tank gun was a German anti-tank gun developed during WWII from 1939-1941. PAK is the abbreviation for “Panzerabwehrkanone.” Initially, the… [Read more »]( [The Deadly Defiant, A Game-Changing British Warplane in WW2]( [The Deadly Defiant, A Game-Changing British Warplane in WW2]( The 1930s were an age of aeronautical experimentation. All around the world air forces were trying new and fascinating designs, searching for the perfect combination… [Read more »]( [Korean War: Chipyong-Ni – One Of The Greatest Regimental Defense Actions In Military History]( [Korean War: Chipyong-Ni – One Of The Greatest Regimental Defense Actions In Military History]( The Battle of Chipyong-ni has been labeled as ‘the Gettysburg of the Korean War’ and has been singled out as one of the greatest regimental… [Read more »]( [Some German Soldiers Did Not Surrender Until Months After the End of WW2]( [Some German Soldiers Did Not Surrender Until Months After the End of WW2]( Germany finally capitulated on May 8th, 1945, leaving Europe in ruins, but at peace once again. First, Alfred Jodl prepared the ground by signing 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:](