History (Page 13)

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

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Today in military history: First Medal of Honor of Vietnam War awarded

The US Army has its first active duty female sniper

By Miguel Ortiz

This could be the origin of the ‘lucky cigarette’

This Marine was the ‘American Sniper’ of The Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

That time we almost launched the atomic bomb on North Korea

By Jessica Manfre

Today in military history: Female spy thwarts British attack against George Washington

Today in military history: US holds first Vietnam War draft

The ‘Cult of the Offensive’ was your grandfather’s ‘Violence of Action’

Captain America’s Army unit was real… and it’s still active

By Miguel Ortiz

One of the world’s most famous Soviet defectors has passed

Everything you need to know about Guantanamo Bay

By Jessica Evans

A fighter pilot rammed a German bomber to save Buckingham Palace

America’s highest-ranking spy, traitor and no-good human being, Jim Nicholson, released from prison

By Jessica Evans

How Omega Speedmaster became first NASA-approved watch for space flight

By Miguel Ortiz

Why Kyiv has a street named after John McCain

By Miguel Ortiz

Why military leaders knew World War I would be terrible

That time the CIA tried to topple Castro

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

The French army and navy that saved America’s bacon

Why the Union Army fielded a unit of Confederate defectors against Native tribes

This watch approved by the legendary British Para Regiment

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: JFK assassination

Alaska National Guard’s ‘Operation Santa Claus’ became a life flight

By Miguel Ortiz

Why Walter Cronkite and 7 other journalists attended aerial gunnery school

By Miguel Ortiz

From investigating the Kennedy Assassination to ‘The Wonder Years,’ Dan Lauria has done it all

5 things you didn’t know about the Pentagon

By Miguel Ortiz

This was one of the worst assignments in World War II

Why US destroyed last of its chemical weapons supply

Today in military history: Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg

Discovery’s ‘Expedition Unknown’ seeks to recover 200 lost American heroes

Where did the term ‘Doughboy’ come from?

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: Sherman begins infamous march to the sea

A man found a piece of a V-2 rocket in his cheek 77 years later

Top 5 deadliest chemical weapons ever created

This panzer counterattack actually reached Normandy beaches

The first nuclear bomber became a tanker for fighter jets

By Miguel Ortiz

Gemini and Apollo astronaut Col. Frank Borman dead at 95

By Miguel Ortiz

This terminally ill high schooler was designated an Honorary Marine

By Miguel Ortiz

The 5 most ingenious weapons ever created for combat

Today in military history: Vietnam War Memorial dedicated

This might be the most important moment in Marine Corps aviation

By Jessica Evans

This is the first woman killed in action in Vietnam

By Jacqlyn Cope

Today in military history: Destruction of Atlanta begins

The reason Veterans Day used to be observed in October

By Miguel Ortiz

How these 6 countries around the world celebrate Veterans Day

By Vegim Krelani

Today in military history: World War I ends

5 interesting facts about the Marine Corps birthday

By Tim Kirkpatrick

3 Reasons why China will be the leading power in space by 2030

How drunken soldiers could lead a battle and not fail

By Bethaney Phillips

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Birth of the Marine Corps

It’s the Marine Corps birthday – just ask any Marine!

By Jessica Evans

This tiny WWII prop plane used mounted bazookas against German tanks

The Israeli Navy fought the first surface battle between missile boats

By Miguel Ortiz

Apollo 16 astronaut Rear Adm. Ken Mattingly dead at 87

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: USAF pilot scores first jet-to-jet combat victory

Today in military history: Battle of Tippecanoe

The Navy’s new top officer is the first female Chief of Naval Operations

By Miguel Ortiz

The German rehearsal that doomed Omaha Beach attackers

This rare Army award is given to aviators who expertly crash

This was the dive-bomber version of the famed Mustang

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here’s why Trench Raiders were the scariest enemies of World War I

Today in military history: Lincoln relieves General McClellan of command

This is the plane that almost beat out the legendary F-16

By Harold C. Hutchison

This Medal of Honor recipient shot down enemy aircraft on his first time out

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Continental Army is disbanded