History (Page 13)

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

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‘Masters of the Air’ Part One: A baptism by fire

By Miguel Ortiz

Two Navy SEALs were KIA. Does America even notice?

By Tessa Robinson

This attack plane turned the enemy into grease spots

By Harold C. Hutchison

This butler served every president from Truman to Reagan

By Bethaney Phillips

This monster aircraft was the helicopter version of the AC-130 gunship

The Germans had their own mad general who rode into combat in a kilt

Norman Jewison, WWII veteran and 12-time Oscar winner, dead at 97

Operation Desert Shield was the ultimate show of global strength

By Jessica Evans

What it took to fly the world’s first stealth attack jet

The US Senator who tried to kidnap the Kaiser

By Alex Zakrzewski

Operation Cyclone: The CIA’s covert program to arm the mujahideen

By Jessica Evans

The amazing thing the SR-71 did the day before its retirement

By Blake Stilwell

USAF officer makes history as first active duty Miss America

By Tessa Robinson

A piece of the White House was stolen by the Freemasons

By Tim Kirkpatrick

‘Operation Anthropoid:’ The assassination of the Nazi Butcher of Prague

By Jessica Evans

Foods you never knew were invented by the military

By Bethaney Phillips

‘Operation Gold:’ How an underground tunnel provided a treasure trove of Soviet secrets

By Jessica Evans

‘Operation Bolo’ was the ultimate bait and switch in the sky

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

American leaders launched 3 fleets during the Revolution

5 major complaints Marines have about the M16A4

The mythical origin of the sniper’s ghillie suit

By Miguel Ortiz

The first female Navy gunnery officer was an Asian woman who joined during WWII

Revolutionary War

The last battle of the Revolution was off India in 1783

‘A very deadly woman:’ Ana Montes released from jail

The ‘Boys in the Boat’ is a great and inspirational true story

20 NHL stars who served during World War II

The C-2 Greyhound is subbing in for the grounded CMV-22 Osprey

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: The WWI Christmas truce

This is how POWs got playing cards with secret escape maps for Christmas

By Blake Stilwell

Jimmy Stewart: WWII vet, actor, American patriot

Lt. Col. John Pardo of ‘Pardo’s Push’ fame dies at 89

By Miguel Ortiz

Taylor Swift honors grandfather’s WWII service with song ‘epiphany’

By Tessa Robinson

Bob Gunton: From the front lines of Vietnam to ‘Shawshank Redemption,’ an incredible life

NORAD declassifies Santa’s location

By Tessa Robinson

5 of the rarest unofficial US Navy ‘certificates’

By Eric Milzarski

Eugene Sledge: ‘Sledgehammer’ and the ‘Old Breed in Hell’ from WWII

By Jim Fletcher

Where the National Gallery hid America’s treasures after Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

December 7, 1941, will live in infamy, but December 8 proved to have the most impact for Americans

By Matthew Benedetti

Norman Lear, World War II veteran, mogul TV producer dies at 101

Travis Kelce’s grandfather was shot down 3 times during WWII

By Tessa Robinson

This British attack was the blueprint for Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

The one vote against war with Japan after Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

How a teenage girl with an ‘apron full of gunpowder’ won the Siege of Fort Henry

15 Medals of Honor awarded at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

7 other Japanese attacks on December 7, 1941

By Miguel Ortiz

9 times a submarine sank an aircraft carrier

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