History (Page 16)

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

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The BV-141 looks like a kid had too many models, not enough patience

A history of the Yom Kippur War

By Jessica Evans

Why the Navy doesn’t use these small boats with a big punch

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time an RAF pilot stole a plane in grand protest

The US may have invaded Cambodia because of the movie ‘Patton’

Today in military history: Lawrence of Arabia captures Damascus

Journalist reunites with his Marine ‘Red Dragons’ from the Iraq War

By Jessica Manfre

The Montagnards of Vietnam became Special Forces allies, but are now being forgotten

A guide to Gold Star Mother’s Day

By Jessica Evans

The Army gave Buffalo Bill a Medal of Honor, took it away, then gave it back

By Miguel Ortiz

These WWII weapons were a disaster

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: Apache helicopter makes first flight

The fighting spirit of the Mowhawk haircut is sadly unauthorized

By Eric Milzarski

This aerial dogfight was like a life-sized version of a bee swarm

Why American submarines feared this Russian destroyer

By Harold C. Hutchison

Censorship in the time of war: How the DoD controlled information

By Jessica Evans

The Browning Automatic Rifle cut down enemies from WWI to Vietnam

Today in military history: Hanoi announces plans to treat downed pilots as war criminals

A panoramic look at how US troops prepared for World War I

This legendary Navy skipper sank 19 enemy ships

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Air Force pilot took on an entire anti-aircraft complex – and won

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: William the Conqueror invades England

6 reasons why ‘Platoon’ should have been about Sergeant Barnes

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Sticky grenades are only really a thing in video games and movies

By Eric Milzarski

How this patrolman engaged 50 enemy troops with a single M60 will make you proud

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Green Beret lived in a cave before receiving the Medal of Honor

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Today in military history: Germany, Italy, Japan sign Tripartite Pact

Happy little trees: Bob Ross’s first career was in the Air Force

By Bethaney Phillips

How a Truman staffer described the decision to drop the bombs

These twin brothers served in three wars

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: First American service member killed in Vietnam

The history of General Patton’s ivory-handled revolvers

The 5 worst modern battles to fight as a foot soldier

Tuxedo Park: The secret palace of science that helped us win WWII

By Jessica Evans

The ‘Pando Commandos’ were more intense than you’d think

By Eric Milzarski

Today in military history: 101st Airborne escorts Black students as Central High integrates

This friendly fire incident hamstrung the P-38

By Harold C. Hutchison

How rum running gave birth to America’s love of racing cars

Reminder that the Nazis made a top general kill himself

4 American traitors more destructive than Benedict Arnold

Why the ‘Bouncing Betty’ was absolutely devastating

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Battle of Flamborough Head

Revolutionary War

A tiny Marine Corps’ big successes in the Revolution

The military origins of the necktie

By Miguel Ortiz

Watch this rarely seen footage of the assault on Hamburger Hill

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The Marine Corps’ Security Force Regiment is an old hand at special ops

By Harold C. Hutchison

The brutal fate of two of the world’s most arrogant dictators

This German-American industrialist basically built the WWII Navy

This native Hawaiian Ranger spent five long years fighting in Vietnam

Truman and Stalin tried to shock each other with info their spies already had

Today in military history: Legendary 5th Special Forces Group activated

Risking a $3 million jet to ‘blow up a lot of dirt’

The Det: Secret soldiers and unsung heroes of the troubles

7 pirate-themed US Navy planes

By Miguel Ortiz

How an American bluegrass legend was nearly killed in the Korean War

Albert Hakim was tied to some of America’s most critical covert operations

By Jessica Evans

Langley: Fortress of secrets

By Jessica Evans

Area 51: Secrets, saucers and silliness?

By Jessica Evans

Air Force vet Bob Ross painting on sale for a happy little $9.85M

By Miguel Ortiz

Why the US attacked Japan in the middle of the Civil War

Everything you need to know about how the Vietnam War draft actually worked

By Samantha Peterson

This Marine stayed at his machine gun after taking a grenade to the face

A British Isle and the Netherlands went to war for 335 years and no one died

The real story behind ‘The Mutiny on the Bounty’ is different from what you think