History (Page 26)

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

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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

The Soviet Union created an automatic rifle and special ammo just for use underwater

Today in military history: Marines go to the shores of Tripoli

This hero WWII destroyer was reached in the world’s deepest shipwreck dive

By Miguel Ortiz

Civil War through WWII: How female roles have evolved in the military

By Bethaney Phillips

Battle of the Somme: The bloodiest day in British military history

The time a different kind of ‘Ironman’ superhero saved the day

By Jim Fletcher

The corrupt use of ‘Ghost Soldiers’ in the Iraq War

By Jessica Evans

The important distinction between Rock Island Armory and Rock Island Arsenal

By Miguel Ortiz

Harry Belafonte: Singer, activist, humanitarian, Navy veteran, legend, dead at 96

This is why wounded troops don’t spend entire wars in field hospitals anymore

By Jacqlyn Cope

5 meals that won wars (and how to make them)

By Blake Stilwell

Operation Black Buck was the longest bombing run in history

By Jessica Evans

The 4 US Presidents with the craziest war stories

How four college students stole Scotland’s ‘Stone of Destiny’ from England

British historians discover long-lost first Black military pilot

Why Navy Seabees built a nuclear power plant on Antarctica

By Miguel Ortiz

A sailor snuck ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ onto Tojo’s dentures before his war crime trial

These are the 7 finest moments in Army history

How the FBI busted the largest-ever spy ring in the United States

This is the world’s largest American flag

By Bethaney Phillips

Always a Rebel: Col. David Hackworth revisited

5 videos that show how the F-22 Raptor is an awesome dogfighting machine

How the first ‘night vision’ scope turned the tide against Japan on Okinawa

Arlington National Cemetery was owned by General Lee and confiscated for back taxes

By Bethaney Phillips

This policeman survived bayonet wounds and torture to save the Marines at Guadalcanal

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Pat Tillman is killed in Afghanistan

9 facts about NASA’s amazing legacy

Why Japanese transports carrying POWs were called ‘Hell Ships’

These WWII soldiers were stationed at Disney

By Bethaney Phillips

“The Battle of Brisbane” was a drunken WWII brawl between the US and Australia

By Blake Stilwell

Two POWs made a daring escape from prison just to relieve the boredom

How French forces pulled off ‘Operation Barracuda’

By Jessica Evans

How the boys of Pointe du Hoc turned the tides of World War II

By Jessica Evans

Unconventional Green Beret tactics in Vietnam

By Jessica Evans

The DoD has experience bombing volcanoes… for some reason

The U.S. Navy Hymn isn’t the Navy’s official song, but it’s still beautiful

By Miguel Ortiz

Germany planned to bomb the U.S. from across the Atlantic with these massive planes

By Miguel Ortiz

This is one of the deadliest kamikaze attacks caught on film

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The ‘Phantom Division’ and 10 minutes that shortened World War II in Europe

By James Elphick

How the P-51’s paper mache drop tanks changed WWII

The British Army in World War I fielded entire units of short kings

9 celebrities who were military flyboys first

Revolutionary War

The Battle of Stony Point shows just how good Baron von Steuben’s training was

By Blake Stilwell

The 5 largest battleship classes ever built

The largest aircraft carrier sunk in WWII was hit by four torpedoes

6 times superstition turned the tide of battle

These are the top 5 military-related presidential pardons

This is how the ‘Miracle at Dunkirk’ saved World War II for the Allies

6 of the most badass US military test pilots of all time

Air Force Pararescue teams: Unsung heroes of Special Operations

By Jessica Evans

How the Red Army used blind Russians to defend Leningrad during World War II

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: The Black French general who stole Napoleon’s thunder

Today in military history: Admiral Yamamoto, Pearl Harbor mastermind, is shot down

These were the 6 most massive tank battles in US history