History (Page 18)

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

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This was the Confederates’ most famous Army Ranger

This unstoppable artillery bombardment doomed Nazi Berlin

Do you know the history of the American Legion?

By Bethaney Phillips

The history and design behind the legendary A-10

By Miguel Ortiz

Secret Service agents were first responders on 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

How Disney Channel explained 9/11 to kids

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

How the British ‘southern strategy’ ultimately cost them the Revolutionary War

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

My 9/11 story: A Naval Academy plebe on guard

By Chase Millsap

Afghanistan War

My 9/11 story: Remember the time we all stood together

By Katherine Torres-Pummill

My 9/11 story: ‘We don’t know who did this but we’re going to help kick their ass!’

Afghanistan War

My 9/11 story: ‘I was supposed to be at the World Trade Center’

Afghanistan War

The story behind the famous 9/11 light memorial

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

The evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 was America’s Dunkirk

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

We remember 9/11. Here’s why we must never forget 9/10.

By Tessa Robinson

This Army unit was renamed for its search & rescue work on 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

Why knights were honor bound to fight dragons

10 facts you didn’t know about Nikita Khrushchev

By Bethaney Phillips

This the first time people circumnavigated the globe by air, land, and sea

Today in military history: Japan bombs US mainland

Top 5 peace treaties that were never honored

How reconnaissance makes or breaks a military invasion

The Loch Ness monster’s role in war

By Bethaney Phillips

This pilot rescued troops in Vietnam and earned the Medal of Honor

By Miguel Ortiz

This ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paint

The Navy accident that got it banned from railroads

The ‘shadow scheme’ Britain used to disperse WWII production

Why Congress wants the CIA to come clean about a 1973 coup in Chile

This is how Sparta selected infants for their army

This is what makes SWCC crews so lethal

This is why the Navy wears bell bottoms, and it’s not for fashion

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Today in military history: First tank produced

This unit received 21 Medals of Honor and 4,000 Bronze Stars while dealing with America’s mistrust

By Stephen Carlson

That time a Marine had a live RPG stuck in his leg

These are the only 3 countries America hasn’t invaded

By Blake Stilwell

That time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea

By Blake Stilwell

Clint Eastwood once helped fund a Vietnam POW rescue mission

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: First Battle of the Marne begins

Everything you need to know about the Iraq War Battle of Sadr City

By Jessica Evans

The rules of engagement problem that doomed pilots over Vietnam

Afghanistan War

Operation Medusa: The Battle of Panjwaii

By Jessica Evans

This is how astronauts pee in space

By Shannon Corbeil

‘The last great tank battle’ was a slugfest of epic proportions

One of the precursors to the Army Rangers was a Revolutionary War loyalist

6 interesting facts about George Washington

By Bethaney Phillips

Why FDR imprisoned 125,000 Japanese Americans on US soil

Bagpipes used to be classified as weapons of war

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Geronimo surrenders

The last Union combat veteran of the Civil War lived to see the Cold War

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This firebase was once the ‘evilest place in Afghanistan’

By James Elphick

Pound for pound, these were the deadliest boats of World War II

The first combat qualified female naval aviator died in a crazy accident

By Blake Stilwell

Why Hitler hated red lipstick

By Shannon Corbeil

The mini-armored train that took on the Nazis during World War II

By Randall Stevens

These British commandos kidnapped a German general without firing a shot

By James Elphick

Today in military history: Japan surrenders in WWII

The Soviet Union produced commercials for products that never existed

These POWs escaped to climb Mount Kenya

By Bethaney Phillips

This classic firearms manufacturer is back with retro M16s

By Miguel Ortiz

‘Warriors in their Own Words’ – How the Wild Weasels cleared enemy skies over Vietnam

By James Elphick

3 key differences between Recon Marines and Marine Raiders

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Beware of the 19-year-old pissed off Marine

By Orvelin Valle

What a Hiroshima resident saw the day the bomb dropped

This was Germany’s only military operation in North America during World War II

This WWII Marine wrote the hit song ‘Route 66’

By Miguel Ortiz