History (Page 25)

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

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This is why the US military gave GPS away for free

Today in military history: RMS Lusitania torpedoed by German submarine

The last Gurkha Victoria Cross winner passes away at 83

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

Unseen valor: Operation Neptune Spear

A real lifesaver: How to become a Combat Medic

By Jessica Evans

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

By Miguel Ortiz

Doolittle Raid: That time America clapped back in WWII

By Jessica Evans

The insane costs of building the first atomic bombs

This naval battle helped set the stage for two world wars

By Stephen Carlson

How this brave Marine saved the day at Tarawa Atoll

By Frank Jastrzembski

These are 5 of the most important military trials in history

By Blake Stilwell

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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

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

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: German airship Hindenburg crashes

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

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

Revolutionary War

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

Afghanistan War

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

By Harold C. Hutchison

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

Today in military history: 173rd Airborne Brigade deploys to Vietnam

These are the rebel wars where Chesty Puller got his start

That time an admiral used his own Navy Cross to decorate a hero

This is why ‘MiG Alley’ was one of the deadliest places on Earth

By Harold C. Hutchison

Veterans remember the special operations tragedy at Desert One

By Jessica Evans

The daring and heroic Operation Entebbe

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Osama bin Laden is killed

Afghanistan War

Into the heart of darkness: The bloody Battle of Marjah

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

The recon mission resulting in Neil Roberts’ ultimate sacrifice

By Jessica Evans

MoH Monday: Michael A. Monsoor

By Jessica Evans

These were America’s first black paratroopers

20 rare and weird facts about World War II

This retro Navy fighter footage will bring a smile to F-14 vets

By Harold C. Hutchison

This plane carried out the mission that inspired the ‘Star Wars’ trench run

By Harold C. Hutchison

The tragic lesson of the Dieppe Raid

By Jessica Evans

This sailor used a bulldozer to earn the Silver Star medal

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: U-2 spy plane is shot down

The 11 most damaging American spies of all time

This classified American special ops unit has been recruiting females for decades

Teddy Roosevelt’s prized pistol was stolen and returned 16 years later

By Harold C. Hutchison

The ship that sailed almost 3,000 miles from the torpedo that killed it

One of the world’s largest-ever tank battles was between India and Pakistan

What does ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ mean anyway?

This is the deadly Marine Corps training required to earn a dive bubble

That time the Army let loose a plague of feral camels on the Wild West

By Eric Milzarski

This Jewish refugee and World War II vet made modern video games possible

How to fire a World War II bazooka

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is the most battle-hardened bomber of World War II

Today in military history: US evacuates Saigon

6 amazing female military pioneers

By Blake Stilwell

Watch this WWII Marine training video before your next club or knife fight

This time-tested battleship survived two World Wars and fired the opening shots on D-Day

Here’s how war called for the invention of canning

By Bethaney Phillips

That time the Coast Guard tried using pigeons for sea rescues

This Canadian tank was the most reliable tank in World War II

Here’s how North Korea thinks the Korean War started

Marines in a firefight called customer service for help with an M-107

By Blake Stilwell

The crazy tactic Finland used to root out and kill Soviet snipers

The Battle of Leyte Gulf screw up that actually saved America in the Philippines

This Indian Air Force commando stopped terrorists cold after taking six bullets

By Blake Stilwell

Virginia Hall was the most wanted spy of WWII

By Megan Harless

This building in Stalingrad became the Russian version of The Alamo in World War II

50 WWII ships sank during the battle for Guadalcanal

By James Elphick