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Today in military history: Confederate ship stolen to free enslaved families

By Team Mighty

cockleshell heroes
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The daring operation of the legendary Cockleshell heroes

By Jessica Evans

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4 eerily accurate things the OSS predicted about Hitler during WWII

By Team Mighty

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How to earn a Medal of Honor for lifetime achievement

By Paul Davis

Rafi Eitan
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The legend of intel officer Rafi Eitan and Gideon’s spies

By Jim Fletcher

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Everything to know about Gen. Richard Cavazos, the namesake of what used to be Fort Hood

By Team Mighty

operation nemesis
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Armenians avenged genocide by assassinating its organizers in five countries

By Team Mighty

sere training
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The creator of SERE training was one of 34 POWs to escape from the Viet Cong

By Team Mighty

enigma machine
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These 3 divers might be the most consequential heroes of WWII

By Logan Nye

covert ops
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In the shadows: The art and history of covert ops

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Treaty of Paris formally ends Revolutionary War
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Today in military history: Treaty of Paris formally ends Revolutionary War

By Team Mighty

The World War II commander who helped John Wayne make an iconic war movie
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The World War II commander who helped John Wayne make an iconic war movie

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why the UH-1 Huey became a symbol of the Vietnam War
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This is why the UH-1 Huey became a symbol of the Vietnam War

By Harold C. Hutchison

See what it was like to fight in a WWII Sherman tank
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See what it was like to fight in a WWII Sherman tank

By Logan Nye

us war on mexico
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Today in military history: US declares war on Mexico

By Team Mighty

kennedy family
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Strange facts about the Kennedy family

By Bethaney Phillips

spies took out rainbow warrior
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5 spies that creatively destroyed the enemy

By Ruddy Cano

Winston Churchill
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Today in military history: Winston Churchill becomes prime minister as Germany invades

By Team Mighty

Paul Ray Smith medal of honor
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MoH Monday: Sgt. First Class Paul Ray Smith

By Jessica Evans

rambo
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Why a small Canadian town erected a statue of Rambo

By Team Mighty

gloster meteor
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That time a British pilot deflected a flying bomb with his wing

By Logan Nye

fuzzy wuzzy angels new guinea
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The ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel’ natives of New Guinea never gave up on Allied soldiers

By Team Mighty

Tomoya Kawakita treason
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The last American convicted of treason served Japan during World War II

By Team Mighty

vouza guadalcanal
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A 50-year-old Pacific Islander survived a bayoneting by chewing through his ropes at Guadalcanal

By Team Mighty

The barely successful inventor who pioneered repeating rifles
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The barely successful inventor who pioneered repeating rifles

By Logan Nye

James Bond came from the author’s real-world experiences in WWII
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James Bond came from the author’s real-world experiences in WWII

By James Elphick

enigma machine
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Today in military history: German sub is captured with Enigma machine onboard

By Team Mighty

victory in europe
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Today in military history: Victory in Europe is celebrated around the world

By Team Mighty

9 Americans who raised their own armies to conquer other countries
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9 Americans who raised their own armies to conquer other countries

By Blake Stilwell

marine french fourragere
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This is why certain Marine units can wear the French Fourragere

By Ruddy Cano

yom kippur war
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Why ‘Divine Intervention’ took center stage in the Yom Kippur War

By Jim Fletcher

Soviet forces after capturing some Mujahideen
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Who wins the battle between Soviet snipers vs. Mujahideen?

By Jessica Evans

lima site 85
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The secret battle of Lima Site 85

By Jessica Evans

special forces soldier
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The M4 carbine was never meant to be a primary infantry weapon

By Miguel Ortiz

revolutionary war Reenactors
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American and Scottish Revolutionary War soldiers from Battle of Camden honored together

By Miguel Ortiz

quisling traitors
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The collaborator whose name became a synonym for traitors

By Logan Nye

soldier wearing oakleys
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How Oakley single-handedly took over the world of military eyewear

By Miguel Ortiz

israeli air force Avia S-199
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Israel’s first fighter pilots used German planes and their flight suits

By Miguel Ortiz

telephone
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How the telephone helped pay for America’s 20th century wars

By Team Mighty

kennedy first kids
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8 facts you didn’t know about First Kids

By Bethaney Phillips

This is how Julius Caesar started a civil war
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This is how Julius Caesar started a civil war

By Ruddy Cano

It’s surprisingly easy to earn a modern-day knighthood
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It’s surprisingly easy to earn a modern-day knighthood

By Eric Milzarski

You could lose your boat for looting shipwrecks in American waters
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You could lose your boat for looting shipwrecks in American waters

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why the US military gave GPS away for free
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This is why the US military gave GPS away for free

By Logan Nye

lusitania
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Today in military history: RMS Lusitania torpedoed by German submarine

By Team Mighty

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The last Gurkha Victoria Cross winner passes away at 83

By Miguel Ortiz

operation neptune spear
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Unseen Valor: Operation Neptune Spear

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victory day parade
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The time Russia, Ukraine, Poland and the US paraded together in Moscow

By Miguel Ortiz

doolittle raiders
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Doolittle Raid: That time America clapped back in WWII

By Jessica Evans

the making of the atomic bomb casings
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The insane costs of the first atomic bombs

By Logan Nye

naval battle painting
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This naval battle helped set the stage for two world wars

By Stephen Carlson

tarawa atoll
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How this brave Marine saved the day at Tarawa Atoll

By Frank Jastrzembski

These are 5 of the most important military trials in history
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These are 5 of the most important military trials in history

By Blake Stilwell

Grape juice was once the unofficial drink of the Navy

Grape juice was once the unofficial drink of the Navy

By Eric Milzarski

The US has a crazy way of killing tanks without killing the crew
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The US has a crazy way of killing tanks without killing the crew

By Logan Nye

Iranian fanatics tried to spark a war with the US during Desert Storm
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Iranian fanatics tried to spark a war with the US during Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

That time Jim Webb killed a guy who threw a grenade at him
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That time Jim Webb killed a guy who threw a grenade at him

By Blake Stilwell

Hindenburg
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Today in military history: German airship Hindenburg crashes

By Team Mighty

Today in military history: Desmond Doss rescues 75 casualties one-by-one at Okinawa
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Today in military history: Desmond Doss rescues 75 casualties one-by-one at Okinawa

By Team Mighty

This is the little-known combat career of John Glenn
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This is the little-known combat career of John Glenn

By Harold C. Hutchison

rhode island
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Today in military history: Rhode Island is first state to declare independence

By Team Mighty

blue falcon
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The first secretary of war may have been America’s greatest blue falcon

By Logan Nye

How the V-22 Osprey helped take down a Taliban warlord
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How the V-22 Osprey helped take down a Taliban warlord

By Harold C. Hutchison

british tanks with pigeons
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Why the first British tanks and bombers had pigeons on the crew

By Logan Nye

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