History (Page 39)

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

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Disney drew 1,200 insignias for the military during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

This Air Force Superfortress completed the first nonstop flight around the world

By Miguel Ortiz

This is why 3/2 Marines call themselves ‘the Betio Bastards’

By James Elphick

Flying Boats used to be critical to the Navy; Now, not so much

By Jessica Evans

The long-standing relationship between Rolex and the U.S. Navy SEALs

By Miguel Ortiz

The story of Thomas Norris, a forgotten Navy SEAL

By Jessica Evans

That time crocodiles decided the outcome of a World War II battle

Today in military history: Battle of the Somme ends

3 ways the Marine Corps made the M16 worse, according to its designer

By Miguel Ortiz

3 Important factors that led to Pickett’s Charge and the end of the Confederacy

Serbia restored the ship that fired the first shots of WWI as a museum

By Miguel Ortiz

‘Devotion’ is an incredible story of America’s first Black Naval Aviator

The 5 worst and most unforgiving battlefields in military history

How 3 soldiers saved an abandoned newborn baby during WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

How the battles of Attu and Kiska in Alaska set the stage for Allied victory in the Pacific

By Matthew Benedetti

How the Condor Legion signaled a new phase of warfare in WWII prologue

By Matthew Benedetti

The Army could have renamed Fort Bragg after the Union General Bragg

By Miguel Ortiz

This is how American pilots used drop tanks as bombs during WWII

Afghanistan War

21 Indian soldiers made a glorious last stand against Afghan rebels

That time Russian troops repelled Germans with just their mangled faces

By Tim Kirkpatrick

7 reasons why Obi-wan Kenobi was basically Ulysses S. Grant

By Eric Milzarski

This flying boat was the heaviest aircraft of WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

5 Old-time celebrity favorites who wanted to join the OSS

By Blake Stilwell

That time ocean liners fought an old-time naval battle

By Blake Stilwell

6 Cold War sites you can visit in America

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

The British military actually had an effective plan in 1776

By Harold C. Hutchison

World War II: A Black American soldier’s journal

5 ways Marines are like ancient Spartans

These 4 Marines killed so many Germans, the Nazis thought they were an allied battalion

This MoH recipient had the most impressive last stand at Heartbreak Ridge

By Eric Milzarski

Why Napoleon wasn’t executed after his defeat at Waterloo

A single French airplane bombed Berlin before the fall of France

This WWII landing craft found new life as a gunboat in the Vietnam War

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

The complete history of the Battle of Yorktown

By Jessica Evans

This Arizona aircraft boneyard is not always the last stop for old planes

Obscure military ranks that no longer exist

By Bethaney Phillips

This is the Army’s super secret special ops aviation unit

5 things you didn’t know about Sgt. Elias’s death scene in ‘Platoon’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Coast Guardsman saved a Navy base during the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

Everything you need to know about the Second Battle of Fallujah

By Jessica Evans

That time an engineer accidentally took off in a supersonic fighter jet

By Miguel Ortiz

Godzilla exists thanks to this Japanese prisoner of war

That time a Nazi captain recommended HMS Glowworm captain for the Victoria Cross

This is how Vietnam almost became a protectorate of the US

By Blake Stilwell

This mayor saved his town by drinking three liters of wine at once

By Blake Stilwell

This is the Communists’ perfectly-bred military working dog

By Blake Stilwell

Before Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer, he was in the Army

This is how you would care for your horse as a cavalryman

6 things to know about the Gallic Wars

Afghanistan War

MIGHTY 25: Retired Marine Corps Major Fred Galvin fights for justice

By Jessica Manfre

Afghanistan War

MIGHTY 25: Tim Jensen is more than a Grunt Style Marine

By Jessica Manfre

MIGHTY 25: Fighter Pilot Lt. Amanda Lee is flying through barriers

By Jessica Manfre

This is why wine was a warrior’s drink for most of history

When desertion is a death sentence

By Brittany Sulc

How the Navy feels about finders keepers and sunken wrecks

By Harold C. Hutchison

Everything you didn’t know about the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

By Jessica Evans

These daring defectors turned the Viet Cong against itself

By James Elphick

Photos of US military legends with their hands in their pockets

By Blake Stilwell

That time Germany scuttled its own navy in sneaky scheme

The insanely lucky sub that changed naval warfare in one fight

This is the Bible passage Roosevelt used to promise aid to England

That time the Navy almost blew up the President of the United States

By Blake Stilwell

This is how ancient Greek doctors healed wounded troops

This recruit lost over 100 pounds to join the Marine Corps

By Miguel Ortiz