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Army

What the Confederates might have done if they won at Gettysburg

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Army

Today in military history: Battle of Gettysburg begins

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History

Today in military history: Madison calls for Navy officers to fight the British

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History

Today in military history: Germany’s failed march on Soviet Union

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History

Today in military history: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is killed, sparking WWI

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History

Today in military history: Truman orders US forces to Korea

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History

Today in military history: Berlin Airlift begins

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Battle of Little Bighorn
Army

Today in military history: Battle of Little Bighorn begins

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Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII
Army

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Army

Today in military history: US Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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History

Today in military history: Luftwaffe pilot mistakenly lands in England

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GI Bill
History

Today in military history: FDR signs the GI Bill into law

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Army

Today in military history: US Constitution ratified

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Cold War

Today in military history: US-Soviet hotline is agreed upon

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Battle of the Philippine Sea
History

Today in military history: American victory in Battle of the Philippine Sea

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War of 1812
History

Today in military history: The War of 1812 begins

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bunker hill
Army

Today in military history: Battle of Bunker Hill began

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espionage act
History

Today in military history: Congress passes Espionage Act

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when was us army founded
Army

Today in military history: US Army is founded

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Alexander the Great
History

Today in military history: Alexander the Great dies

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tear down berlin wall
Cold War

Today in military history: Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down Berlin Wall

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Military Life

Today in military history: Greek soldiers sack and burn Troy

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The reason why some beer bottles are green dates back to World War II
History

The reason why some beer bottles are green dates back to World War II

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How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas
Army

How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas

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mark twain
Civil War

Mark Twain quit his Confederate Ranger unit before the Civil War ever reached him

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italy mussolini
History

Today in military history: Italy declares war on Britain and France

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One of the F-35’s most expensive features was made possible by flying saucers
History

One of the F-35’s most expensive features was made possible by flying saucers

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USS George Washington
History

Today in military history: USS George Washington is launched

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battle of cross keys
Civil War

Today in military history: Confederates score victory in Battle of Cross Keys

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tokyo rose
History

‘Tokyo Rose’ claimed she was trying to undermine Japanese propaganda in World War II

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lafayette
History

Why this French nobleman’s Paris gravesite is filled with dirt from Massachusetts

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battle of midway
History

Today in military history: Battle of Midway ends

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woodrow wilson National Defense Act
History

Today in military history: Woodrow Wilson signs National Defense Act

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d-day
History

Today in military history: D-Day Allies land in Normandy

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six-day war
History

Today in military history: The Six-Day War begins

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Air Force

This is what happens if you try to illegally enter Area 51

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Cold War

How North Korea was built and molded by the Soviet Union

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gouzenko affair
Cold War

The Gouzenko Affair was the most shocking Soviet defection to the West

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Battle of Midway
History

Today in military history: Battle of Midway begins

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Army

The 5 most demoralizing tactics used in recent military history

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russian tank
History

Russian tank crews have a history of using this insane tank battle tactic

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Air Force

How James ‘Whitey’ Bulger went from the Air Force to Alcatraz

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when did civil war end
Civil War

Today in military history: The American Civil War ends

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chemical weapons accord
Cold War

Today in military history: US and Soviets sign pact to destroy chemical weapons

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british vietnam
History

The British fought Vietnam alongside Gurkhas, Indians, and Japanese POWs – and won

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History

Today in military history: Battle of Jutland, greatest WWI naval battle, begins

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Civil War

Today in military history: First Memorial Day observance is held

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Lyndon B. Johnson
History

The unreported reason why LBJ didn’t run for a second term during the Vietnam War

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roosevelt family
History

A Roosevelt was the only soldier disabled for the same wound in two wars

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Army

4 things veterans do that are actually very common everywhere but the United States

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Army

Today in military history: George Washington spills first blood of French and Indian War

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b-59
History

A Russian submarine had a ‘Crimson Tide’ moment near Cuba

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History

Today in military history: Royal Navy takes down the Bismarck to avenge their flagship

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bonus army
Army

Today in military history: Bonus Army marches on Washington to demand veteran pay

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operation dynamo
History

Today in military history: Operation Dynamo begins the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk

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Entertainment

How the incredible Paddy Mayne captured a German city to save his outnumbered men

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atomic cannon
Army

Today in military history: First atomic cannon is fired

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History

The US Navy didn’t have an admiral until after the Civil War

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royal fleet warship
History

Today in military history: Germany sinks the flagship of the Royal Fleet

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History

The 5 greatest outnumbered victories in the history of warfare

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Firearms

Today in military history: The M16 comes under fire in Vietnam

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dynamite air cannons
History

The Navy’s short-lived compressed air cannons wrecked the Spanish in Cuba

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Aviation

Today in military history: Marine Corps aviation is born

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black medal of honor recipients
History

These 8 Black-American heroes received Medals of Honor decades later

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