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fist fight
History

That time an entire battle stopped to watch two soldiers in a fistfight

By Blake Stilwell

zeppelins
History

Why World War I zeppelins were harder to kill than you think

By Team Mighty

general patton
History

This is how General Patton built up his tank division into the most formidable armored force of World War II

By Ruddy Cano

Operation Linebacker I hanoi
History

Today in military history: US raids Hanoi

By Team Mighty

Winston Churchill’s plan to get Teddy Roosevelt into World War I
History

Winston Churchill’s plan to get Teddy Roosevelt into World War I

By Team Mighty

kissing sailor photo
History

The wife of the famous ‘kissing sailor’ is in the iconic 1945 photo – and it’s not the nurse

By Blake Stilwell

henry boswell wwii
History

This soldier lied about his age and did 4 combat jumps in WWII

By Logan Nye

wwi soldier coins
History

How pocket change saved one soldier’s life in WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

1911
History

This pilot shot down an enemy fighter with his 1911

By Blake Stilwell

vikings
History

How Vikings ate while they sailed to plunder European villages

By Team Mighty

red army gun crew
History

The Red Army’s insane World War II deception nearly broke the Romanian Army

By Team Mighty

Paris liberated from Nazis
Military News

Today in military history: Paris liberated from Nazis

By Team Mighty

gadaffi star wars
Entertainment

The filming of ‘Star Wars’ almost started a real-life war in North Africa

By Team Mighty

How one of America’s saltiest Marines wanted to handle the Vietnam War
Military News

How one of America’s saltiest Marines wanted to handle the Vietnam War

By Team Mighty

skeleton army
Military News

The ‘Skeleton Army’ was the Salvation Army’s primary enemy

By Team Mighty

british burn washington
History

Today in military history: British capture and burn Washington DC

By Team Mighty

japan wwii
History

Why Japan didn’t invade the Soviet Union in World War II

By Team Mighty

battle of kamdesh
History

Indomitable spirit: Battle of Kamdesh, remembered

By Jessica Evans

military bullets
Tactical

This military bullet is less powerful than its civilian variant

By Miguel Ortiz

great lakes aircraft carrier
History

The Great Lakes aircraft carriers of World War II

By Terry Lloyd

p-40 flying tigers
Tactical

Hurricanes and P-40 Warhawks: The unsung sky heroes of early WWII

By Terry Lloyd

hannibal barca
History

The real life of Hannibal Barca

By Jessica Evans

siege of gibraltar
History

Gibraltar’s defiant triumph in battle

By Jessica Evans

black soldiers
History

These were the all-Black units of the British Marines in America

By Logan Nye

civil war veteran wanted to fight hitler
History

A Civil War veteran went on record saying he was ready to fight Hitler

By Team Mighty

george mcclellan
History

This active duty general nearly beat Lincoln during Civil War election

By Logan Nye

submarines in wwii
Tactical

Why the Navy needed the Smithsonian’s help in naming WWII submarines

By Team Mighty

samuel colt
History

Why Samuel Colt engraved an entire line of revolvers with a Texas Navy battle

By Team Mighty

This MIGHTY milspouse fought for her grandfather’s Medal of Honor
History

This MIGHTY milspouse fought for her grandfather’s Medal of Honor

By Jessica Manfre

confederate memorial at arlington
Military News

How you can tell Arlington National Cemetery what you think about removing the Confederate Memorial

By Team Mighty

winston churchill honorary american citizenship
History

The only 8 people to ever receive honorary American citizenship

By Team Mighty

exercise tiger
History

German boats successfully stopped D-Day landing practice

By Logan Nye

president taft panzram
History

An Army veteran robbed President Taft’s house as revenge for a military punishment

By Team Mighty

rum runner during prohibition
History

The only criminal executed by the Coast Guard was a Prohibition-era rum runner

By Team Mighty

richard bradley san francisco
History

Why a Black man dressed as a Union soldier tore down San Francisco’s Confederate flag

By Team Mighty

operation just cause/Operation Acid Gambit
History

Operation Acid Gambit: Panama, Noriega and a CIA man

By Jessica Evans

wwii veterans in uniform
Entertainment

Why WWII veterans wore their uniforms after they were discharged

By Miguel Ortiz

top secret missions
History

The strangest top-secret missions in military history

By Bethaney Phillips

confederate invasion of kentucky
History

Today in military history: Confederate invasion of Kentucky begins

By Team Mighty

agent orange in vietnam
History

4 things you didn’t know about Agent Orange

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Aztec capital
History

Today in military history: Aztec capital falls to Cortés

By Team Mighty

Human trafficking
History

6 signs of human trafficking and how to take action

By Ruddy Cano

cia soviet union
History

These are the 10 rules the CIA used for spying on the Soviet Union in Moscow

By Team Mighty

spitfire vs bf 109
History

This is the ironic reason the Spitfire beat the Bf 109

By Harold C. Hutchison

stalingrad
History

The Battle of Stalingrad and Order No. 227

By Jessica Evans

m1 carbine
Tactical

How the M1 carbine was invented in prison

By Bethaney Phillips

d-day weapons
Tactical

7 weapons Germany defended D-Day beaches with

By Logan Nye

ground forces
History

Today in military history: Last US ground forces leave Vietnam

By Team Mighty

forward air controller fac
Tactical

The Forward Air Controllers of Vietnam

By Terry Lloyd

Eleanor Roosevelt
History

A look inside ‘Mrs. Roosevelt’s War’

By Terry Lloyd

chain letter chain mail
History

The patriotic chain letter that almost broke the post office

By Logan Nye

battle of najaf tank
Military News

The Marine Corps’ forgotten battle in Iraq

By Jessica Evans

Agent orange
History

Today in military history: First use of Agent Orange in Vietnam

By Team Mighty

president truman
History

This letter and Purple Heart haunted Truman

By Logan Nye

battle of guadalcanal
History

Why the Battle of Guadalcanal was a turning point in WWII

By Jessica Evans

purple heart day
History

Why we celebrate Purple Heart Day on August 7

By Jessica Evans

medal of honor quarter
Military News

The only woman to receive the Medal of Honor is getting her own quarter

By Miguel Ortiz

miami police guns for ukraine
Military News

Miami Police Department bought guns off the street for Ukraine

By Miguel Ortiz

tail gun
Tactical

This was the last Navy plane to have a tail gun

By Miguel Ortiz

coast guard birthday
Military News

Celebrate the US Coast Guard’s birthday with these fun facts

By Jessica Evans

soviet tank
History

This lone Soviet tank was ready to fight the entire Nazi invasion of Russia

By Blake Stilwell

military shovel
History

This is how the shovel became a deadlier weapon than a bayonet

By Eric Milzarski

marine corps hymn
Military News

These are the battles mentioned in the Marine Corps Hymn

By Blake Stilwell

ironclad warship
Feature

The Confederacy’s last ironclad was Japan’s first

By Miguel Ortiz

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