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Operation Urgent Fury
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That time we invaded Grenada

By Jessica Evans

colt scope
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The original Colt scope was used from Vietnam to Operation Iraqi Freedom

By Miguel Ortiz

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The Navy had hybrid fighter jets during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

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Medieval England required all free men to own weapons in proportion to their wealth

By Team Mighty

LTC William Swenson
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MoH Monday: LTC William Swenson

By Jessica Evans

history of warfare
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The 5 greatest outnumbered victories in the history of warfare

By Team Mighty

earthquake
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A British mad scientist developed a way to trigger earthquakes in World War II

By Logan Nye

red army
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This is the story behind the Red Army’s most iconic WWII photo

By Blake Stilwell

m16 vietnam
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Today in military history: The M16 comes under fire in Vietnam

By Team Mighty

female test pilot
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Nazi Germany’s greatest test pilot was a Jewish woman

By Logan Nye

m14
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How the US screwed NATO over with the M14 rifle and 7.62 cartridge

By Miguel Ortiz

wwi aces
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These pilots became aces in a single day during WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

famous buildings in combat
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These famous buildings are the luckiest to survive combat throughout history

By Ruddy Cano

dynamite air cannons
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The Navy’s short-lived compressed air cannons wrecked the Spanish in Cuba

By Team Mighty

marine corps aviation
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Today in military history: Marine Corps aviation is born

By Team Mighty

cold war events
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Walking on the grass and 4 other things that almost made the US lose the Cold War

By Uncle Walkie

black medal of honor recipients
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These 8 Black-American heroes received Medals of Honor decades later

By Team Mighty

star spangled banner
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You sing it, but do you really know what ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is about?

By Logan Nye

braveheart
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Real versus reel: Four ways ‘Braveheart’ was different in real life

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The USS England was a Japanese sub’s worst nightmare during World War II
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The USS England was a Japanese sub’s worst nightmare during World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

trench broom weapon
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This awesome ‘trench broom’ terrified Germans in both World Wars

By Logan Nye

armed forces day
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9 awesome historical photos of Armed Forces Day celebrations

By Logan Nye

port hudson
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Today in military history: Union Army cuts off Port Hudson

By Team Mighty

De Jongh's house in Schaerbeek
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A 24-year-old Belgian woman created the largest escape line for downed airmen in WWII

By Team Mighty

tirpitz
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Why the sinking of the Tirpitz was devastating for German Navy

By Logan Nye

V bombers
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Britain’s V bombers and Blue Steel missiles were beasts

By Logan Nye

navy seals
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Operation Whalers was the Marine Corps’ payback after Operation Red Wings

By Miguel Ortiz

silver star women
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These 6 women earned the Silver Star for valor in war

By Harold C. Hutchison

bicycle brigade
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The last charge of the bicycle brigade

By Logan Nye

pancakes japanese wwii
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That time pancakes helped fight the Japanese in WWII

By Tim Kirkpatrick

charles lindbergh
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Today in military history: Charles Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic

By Team Mighty

nathan cook
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The last member of the United Spanish War Veterans retired during WWII

By Team Mighty

texas revolution
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How a private in the Texas Revolution got promoted to colonel overnight

By Team Mighty

atomic bomb
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This is how much mass is destroyed in a nuclear explosion

By Logan Nye

baseball
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6 of the best baseball players who served

By Paul Davis

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo mexico
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Today in military history: Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

By Team Mighty

u-boat aces
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This is what it took to be a U-boat ace in WWII

By Harold C. Hutchison

holy land
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Today in military history: Crusader control of Holy Land ends

By Team Mighty

How a Marine single-handedly fought off an entire Japanese regiment at Guadalcanal
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How a Marine single-handedly fought off an entire Japanese regiment at Guadalcanal

By Team Mighty

taxation without representation
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Today in military history: George Washington protests taxation without representation

By Team Mighty

p-47 thunderbolt
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Thunderbolts and Typhoons: Allied answer to the German Panzers of WWII

By Terry Lloyd

tech admirals
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The Tech Admirals: Jackie Fisher and Hyman Rickover

By Terry Lloyd

corporal dunham
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MoH Monday: Corporal Jason Lee Dunham

By Jessica Evans

atomic cannon test
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The Atomic Cannon was a thing during the Cold War

By Orvelin Valle

wwi begins
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Did you know that WWI began among cousins?

By Bethaney Phillips

Battle of Alamance main
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Today in military history: Battle of Alamance preludes Revolutionary War

By Team Mighty

Why was Germany blamed for World War I?
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This is why Germany gets blamed for starting World War I

By Blake Stilwell

navy flying boat
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The Navy’s first air-to-air kill of WWII wasn’t scored by a fighter

By Miguel Ortiz

church of scientology paramilitary
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The Church of Scientology has its own paramilitary Navy

By Blake Stilwell

bataan death march
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This POW led over 3,000 guerrillas after escaping the Bataan Death March

By Logan Nye

Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
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Today in military history: Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps is formed

By Team Mighty

c-47
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How brave World War II-era pilots flew the now-classic C-47

By Harold C. Hutchison

civil war artillery
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How the Civil War revolutionized artillery

By Logan Nye

custers last stand horse
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The only American survivor of Little Bighorn was a horse named ‘Comanche’

By Team Mighty

jackie o style
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8 things you didn’t know about Jackie O’s famous style

By Bethaney Phillips

biplane rescue
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That time a dangling paratrooper was rescued by open-top biplane

By Chuck Lyons

stalingrad battle
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Watch this rare footage from the Battle of Stalingrad

By Tim Kirkpatrick

cryptograph
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The logistics behind cryptology in the US Military

By Bethaney Phillips

political parties
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These were the original political parties (and what they stood for)

By Bethaney Phillips

mabry trench knife
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This commander cleared a minefield with his trench knife to save his men

By Logan Nye

ancient warriors
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How ancient warriors fought wars

By Jessica Evans

israel independence
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Today in military history: Israel declares independence

By Team Mighty

civil war cannon
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These 12 facts might give you a new perspective on the Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

military weapons
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These are 10 of the longest-serving weapons in the US combat arsenal

By James Elphick

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