History (Page 28)

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

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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

5 of the most unlucky events in the history of warfare

NASA’s Artemis II crew includes two Naval Aviators

By Miguel Ortiz

The secret war record of Colonel Sanders (and other businesses using military ranks)

The time a teenager stowed away on a Navy destroyer

By Harold C. Hutchison

The first offensive use of hot air balloons in combat came in 1849

The first CIA operative to die in the line of duty was killed by Tibetans

Today in military history: The US enters World War I

Here are 7 times the President fired a high-ranking military leader

Here’s how the Army found and captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein

Afghanistan War

How German beer kept Afghanistan out of World War I

By Eric Milzarski

5 times parasites affected the course of wars

This is how Nazi commandos allegedly rescued the imprisoned Mussolini

Today in military history: 3rd US Infantry troops enter Baghdad

A Confederate soldier survived a head shot and spit the bullet out 58 years later

Why Oklahoma has a World War II submarine in a former soybean field

This pilot crash-landed behind enemy lines to save his downed friend

How 87 paratroopers captured one of the world’s strongest forts

From signal flags to satellites, military comms keep advancing

By Jessica Evans

How a small group of Marines overthrew a pirate regime

By Jessica Evans

5 unsolved mysteries of World War II

This is how militias were structured during the Revolutionary War

How Martha Gellhorn became the only woman to land on Normandy Beach

The 4 biggest paper tigers in military history

4 Quiet badasses who were accused of being cowards in war

The 4 most famous, undefeated military leaders in history

The real reason why the T-34 tank was so effective in World War II

Creative USMC leadership, 90s style

By Uncle Walkie

These 7 tiny details changed the outcomes of wars

Why the Union targeted Confederate salt works during the Civil War

This is what was so revolutionary of the HMS Dreadnought

Why the North Vietnamese feared South Korean Marines

Why this iconic torture device isn’t as ‘fictional’ as people think

By Eric Milzarski

WATCH: Marines remember Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 years later

By Miguel Ortiz

Why we honor Vietnam Veterans Day

By Jessica Evans

Why Japan attacked the United States instead of the Soviet Union in 1941

The ‘Idiot’s Loop’ was a mid-air backflip done by nuclear bombers

Afghanistan War

The 8 most famous manhunts in military history

A historic US Navy subchaser USS PC-1264 is slowly rusting away in Staten Island Sound

By Anderson Harp

That time a sailor screwed Edison out of creating the first tattoo machine

By Eric Milzarski

Today in military history: US troops land on Okinawa

World War II soldiers called this military chocolate bar ‘Hitler’s Secret Weapon’

By Blake Stilwell

Here are 5 times bombers beat fighters in aerial combat

By Harold C. Hutchison

Afghanistan War

That day a lone Gurkha took out 30 Taliban using every weapon within reach

By Blake Stilwell

This WWII soldier went rogue and fought until 1974

By Bethaney Phillips

An 8-foot warrior declared a war of vengeance against the Habsburg Empire

Today in military history: Pro-communist Warsaw Pact ends

This is the only woman to join the French Foreign Legion

Today in military history: Napoleon Bonaparte loses Paris

How these paratroopers came to be called ‘The Rock Regiment’

By James Elphick

This was the Hershey bar custom-built for World War II

Today in military history: US leaves Vietnam

That time the Air Force used bears as ejection seat dummies

How the US got fighter jets to the front line during WWII

By Harold C. Hutchison

This submarine crew killed 5 destroyers in 4 days