History (Page 27)

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

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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

How Civil War infantrymen slaughtered one another

This is how the misfit crew of ‘Old 666’ became the most decorated in history

By James Elphick

The Soviet Union’s answer to the Abrams tank was a monster

The battle that convinced German leaders they lost World War II

History of the daring raid on Son Tay Prison

By Jessica Evans

Everything you need to know about the Battle of Chipyong-ni

By Jessica Evans

Today in history: The ‘Ice Cream Spy’ dies a mysterious death

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Apollo 13 returns to earth

That time a Canadian invented an e-tool that doubled as a shield

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That one time in 1995 when Russia almost used nuclear missiles against the United States

By Orvelin Valle

This carrier pigeon saved a battalion in World War I

By James Elphick

Today in military history: USS Joyce sinks German U-Boat off New York coast

This pilot has the most downs from WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

This war was started over a bucket

By Bethaney Phillips

9 military badasses with awesome nicknames

These Japanese bombers attacked targets with rocket-propelled people

How the top brass actually tried to prevent Pearl Harbor attack

This spy led Germans on a wild goose chase during WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

This is the World War II history of the Foo Fighters

By Blake Stilwell

5 awesome American military technologies that actually came from Britain

7 of the most lethal Navy weapons in history

Why Polynesian tattoos are probably more intense than yours

By Eric Milzarski

An Army officer disobeyed orders and stole four tanks to save 65 soldiers in Korea

That time an Army officer tried to reach the center of the Earth

The most successful general in history warned the world about the rise of China

Oliver Cromwell was the first British ruler to attack the rebellious American colonies

How the Red Army used cavalry to deadly effect on WWII’s Eastern Front

7 light tanks the Army used to operate

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

The United States worst military defeat came at the hands of native tribes

This ridiculous WWI body armor somehow never managed to get fielded

By Eric Milzarski