History (Page 11)

Military history: Battles, campaigns, turning points, and the stories of those who served across every era.

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Honoring the warfighter’s perspective in art

By Mitchel Coffman

This firetruck was the first to respond to the Pentagon on 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

Lucille Ball exposed a World War II Japanese spy plot with her dental fillings

WWII Veteran Frank Herbert broke new ground in science fiction with the ‘Dune’ books

The last US Olympian to win gold in pistol was a Marine

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Soviet Union captures Romania

Operation Gunnerside: The most successful sabotage of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: US pilots get green light to destroy anti-aircraft targets

How machine guns on World War I biplanes never hit the propeller

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Armistice ends the Spanish-American War

Today in military history: US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki

Today in military history: Soviets declare war on Japan

The US Navy used to rent out this luxury hotel in Hawaii

Today in military history: US forces invade Guadalcanal

Today in military history: Union victory at Mobile Bay

Today in military history: Senates approves female combat pilots

12 soldiers in the 2024 Paris Olympics & Paralympics with Team USA

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Nixon Doctrine is announced

Today in military history: Brits launch Operation Gomorrah against Nazis

Exciting Air Force jobs you didn’t know about

By Jessica Evans

Bob Newhart, comedy legend and US Army veteran passes at 94

4 of the craziest assassination attempts in US history

Air Force’s newest tanker flies around the world for the first time

By Miguel Ortiz

Two Civil War soldiers awarded Medal of Honor for Great Locomotive Chase

By Miguel Ortiz

4 Army tips to beat the summer heat

By Miguel Ortiz

The Air Force is bringing back Warrant Officers

By Miguel Ortiz

7 POWs who were total badasses after being taken captive

Before Willie Mays was a World Series champion, he served in the Army

Why you need to know about Juneteenth

By Tiffany Lawrence

Why the Sherman tank was nicknamed ‘death trap’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

7 greatest animal war heroes of all time

That time American and Russian tanks faced off in a divided Berlin

The ‘Great Raid’ liberated more than 500 POWs

By Jessica Evans

The oldest man at D-Day earned the Medal of Honor

The poem that launched D-Day for the French Resistance

Why German General Wilhelm Falley ran right into paratroopers on D-Day

These watches have actual pieces of D-Day history in them

By Miguel Ortiz

World War II parachute wedding gowns inspire modern couture

By Daniel Tobias Flint

91-year-old Air Force Captain becomes oldest person to fly into space

By Miguel Ortiz

Behind the lens of war: Remembering USAF Capt Jimmy Harper

By Jessica Manfre

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Remembering LTC Jacqueline Escobar, a trailblazer who shattered kevlar ceilings

By Jessica Manfre

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Anchored in Memory: Remembering USCG CDR Scott Hyung-Wook Kim

By Jessica Manfre

Revolutionary War

Tun Tavern, birthplace of the Marine Corps, to be rebuilt

By Miguel Ortiz

Military genius of Gustavus Adolphus, the ‘Lion of the North’

By Jessica Evans

This top-secret bomber spied on Americans in Normandy

Revolutionary War

How privateering worked in the American Revolution

This World War II ace shot down 19 enemy planes in just 6 missions

Aerial gunner Loyce Edward Deen was the only sailor buried at sea inside his aircraft

By Blake Stilwell

Assassinations. Exploding battleships. Ghost planes. Watch Rudy Reyes and Ronnie Adkins unravel military mysteries on The HISTORY Channel.

By Tessa Robinson

The real story behind John F. Kennedy’s Purple Heart

By Orvelin Valle

Exclusive premiere: National Geographic honors WWII’s ‘erased’ heroes

By Tessa Robinson

New action-comedy, ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,’ is based on declassified files of the British War Department

By Tessa Robinson

This submachine gun looked homemade, but it killed lots of Nazis

6 differences between the Air Force’s F-16 and the Navy’s F-18

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 of the weirdest things the Nazis ever did

Airmen volunteered to repair a WWII B-29 Superfortress … and it’s going to fly again

By Tessa Robinson

This B-29 is the only bomber to become a jet ace

By Miguel Ortiz

The Navy and Coast Guard are still finding mysterious ghost ships

Is Blackbeard’s treasure real?

By Eric Milzarski

U.S. Army Song: 5 facts about the iconic tune

By Shannon Corbeil

WATM Exclusive: ‘The Bloody Hundredth’s’ Emmy Award-winning director on the untold stories of WWII

Jamie Farr: 10 Questions with MAS*H star and famed actor

The Battle of Khe Sanh: 77 days of combat in Vietnam

By Jessica Evans

The USS Texas flooded itself…on purpose

By Miguel Ortiz