History (Page 31)

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

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How a thousand retreating Japanese troops were eaten by crocodiles in Burma

5 lessons the Army teaches from the movie ‘We Were Soldiers’

By Miguel Ortiz

The USS Chancellorsville is being renamed for Robert Smalls

By Miguel Ortiz

The time the SAS defied orders to rescue two of their own in Iraq

By Miguel Ortiz

A college student designed an atomic bomb for a school project that was seized by the FBI

History of the Bonaparte who died in Zululand

By Alex Zakrzewski

This Marine received the Medal of Honor for fighting in the air, on land and sea

Cher’s ‘Turn Back Time’ got musicians banned from making videos aboard Navy ships

By Blake Stilwell

5 ‘failed’ prototype planes that went on to serve for years

By Harold C. Hutchison

A Green Beret was the inspiration for Colonel Kurtz in ‘Apocalypse Now’

By Blake Stilwell

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Boston Massacre

A French village was abandoned and rebuilt so no one would forget a Nazi war crime

The first canned dog food in America was made from excess WWI horses

5 inspiring Black vets who fought for civil rights

By Brittany Sulc

That time a Navy admiral left Marines hanging during a Japanese attack

By Harold C. Hutchison

The French Foreign Legion in World War II was filled with Nazis

Today in military history: Operation Claymore seeks Enigma device

A drunk NCO somehow stole a B-25 bomber with no flight experience

The Japanese Navy tried to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge with torpedoes

That time North Korean commandos tried to assassinate the South Korean president at home

By Blake Stilwell

A British Naval Officer captured Guam by getting the governor drunk, then lost it

F-4G ‘Wild Weasels’ hunted Surface-to-Air Missiles during Desert Storm

The US may have tried to give France nuclear weapons to fight in Vietnam

10 things you didn’t know about the US Marshals Service

By Bethaney Phillips

Why this World War II veteran was the saltiest sailor in American history

The two von Trapp brothers from ‘The Sound of Music’ served in the 10th Mountain during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

Every great museum needs a wooden leg

By Jessica Evans

A rogue Soviet submarine might have been destroyed trying to start World War III

This wooden jet fighter showed just how desperate Germany was

By Miguel Ortiz

The US military’s last flying boat was the Navy’s answer to the B-52

By Miguel Ortiz

Do you know the history behind Washington D.C.’s underground tunnels?

By Bethaney Phillips

Why General William T. Sherman’s battle flag was never used in combat

Who were the Hello Girls of World War I?

Today in military history: First flight of unmanned RQ-4 Global Hawk

4 military helmets that America copied from other countries

By Miguel Ortiz

This is how General Pershing’s ‘favorite doughboy’ earned the Medal of Honor

By James Elphick

The first fighter ace of World War II was a Chinese-American flying for China

The IRA loved this British general so much they couldn’t execute him

Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center: Area 51 meets the Bermuda Triangle?

The worst Secretary of Defense in American history let Washington DC get burned

Today in military history: US aircraft carrier USS Langley is sunk

Watch this F-16 pilot dodge six Iraqi surface-to-air missiles in Desert Storm

Afghanistan War

The Japanese office worker who fought the Soviets in Afghanistan

By Miguel Ortiz

North Korean ‘Night Witches’ raided United Nations bases during the Korean War

World War I’s deadly legacy in suburban Washington, DC

How mafioso Lucky Luciano helped the Allies invade Sicily in 1943

Devotion: A Korean War epic directed by JD Dillard

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Hitler organizes the Luftwaffe

If the modern American military conducted the 1944 D-Day landings

This POW earned the Medal of Honor for saving his entire unit

How a prop-driven biplane took down a jet fighter in the Korean War

Revolutionary War

The last battle of the American Revolution was fought in India

5 secrets of Marine Corps knife-fighting

Today in military history: Iraqi Scud missile hits US barracks

6 badass women in the military

By Brittany Sulc

The story of Sammy Davis inspired the war scenes in ‘Forrest Gump’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This dominating F-16 pilot ruled the skies over Desert Storm

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 times Americans left to fight in foreign wars

By Blake Stilwell

That time a warship pretended to be an island

The most dangerous club for World War II Civil Air Patrol pilots

By Blake Stilwell

The 6 greatest military heroes you’ve never heard of

The Army posthumously promoted the first black Colonel to General

By Miguel Ortiz

Celebrating the grit and heroism of Kosovo’s independence

By Vegim Krelani

The unknown story of the Six Triple Eight: an all Black, female WWII battalion

By Amanda Huffman