History (Page 27)

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

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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

These dangerous Arctic convoys saved Russia during World War II

The 5 biggest blunders in Russian military history

The surprising impact of weather on war

The secret to Napoleon’s ‘Old Guard’ was that they were actually really old

Virginia Hall: The woman in charge of a British spy network

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: The Civil War begins

Why Robert E. Lee wasn’t hanged as a traitor after the Civil War

Only two Confederates were executed for war crimes during the Civil War

This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while held in Hanoi Hilton

By Blake Stilwell

These were the most popular brands of tobacco used by troops in war

The Army’s first Black female three-star grew up an orphan

The onion-eating eccentric who transformed the Israel Defense Forces

By Jim Fletcher

This WWII plane was frozen in ice like Captain America before being recovered

By Miguel Ortiz

The Chinese Communist Party had a mole in the US government for 37 years

This British tank crew survived 3 days trapped in No Man’s Land

By James Elphick

This how the Army introduced the plastic explosive in the 1960s

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Soviet spies who stole NASA’s Space Shuttle

This was one of the greatest assassinations of a Nazi leader

The Forgotten Division: The 17th Airborne

By Jessica Evans

Why we honor National Former POW Recognition Day

By Jessica Evans

Outlawing vodka might have caused the end of Tsar Nicholas II and the rise of the Soviet Union

Everything you need to know about the Bay of Pigs

By Jessica Evans

How the Red Army used camels to fight the Nazis at Stalingrad and on to Berlin

Stanley Cup winning team traces its name back to World War I division

8 Members of the Alabama Air National Guard fought at the Bay of Pigs invasion

How the British made a jet-powered, flying boat fighter plane

By Miguel Ortiz

4 famous mercenaries and armies for hire you’ve never heard of

These were the weirdest military jobs of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

The time Mount Vesuvius took out dozens of US bombers during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

How one pilot single-handedly changed the course of a battle – and maybe World War II

How well do you know the Battle of Iwo Jima? Take this quiz

By Orvelin Valle

The 9 greatest fighter pilots you’ve never heard of

Repeating rifles ‘saved 1,000 lives’ in their combat debut

Here are 17 amazing facts about the legendary Chuck Yeager

5 gutsy replies to enemy demands for surrender

By Blake Stilwell

How the enduring sacrifices of war correspondents shaped America’s view of war

By Matthew Benedetti

When Britain’s top tank slaughtered America’s

9 military movie scenes where Hollywood got it totally wrong

By Mike Dowling

This was the deadliest insurgent sniper in Iraq

By Christian Lowe

How Elvis helped build the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

The World War II origins of Navy ‘Torpedo Juice’

This soldier’s trek through Iraq was the longest escape and evasion ever

This is the humbling history of the Marine Corps NCO blood stripe

How the Gulf War created the largest airport in the world

By Miguel Ortiz