History (Page 42)

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

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This B-17 Flying Fortress was named after Queen Elizabeth

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

The last American prisoner in Afghanistan, a Navy vet, released in swap

By Miguel Ortiz

The complete post guide to Fort Meade

By Jessica Evans

12 obscure facts you didn’t know about US postage

By Bethaney Phillips

Here’s how Gurkhas became some of the world’s most feared warriors

7 things to know about surviving an atomic bomb blast

By Brittany Sulc

3 lesser-known Marine Corps tanks

By Miguel Ortiz

The worst single-day loss for the 101st Airborne was a plane crash in Canada

Do you know these 4 female spies?

By Sharon Brandwein

Revolutionary War

This British marksman could have killed George Washington

By Miguel Ortiz

How the Navajo Code Talkers helped win World War II

By Jessica Evans

We’re falling for fall with these 5 cocktails with military origins

By Jessica Evans

Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf wore two watches and it’s still a vibe among watch enthusiasts

By Miguel Ortiz

From nursing to newspapers, these were the women of Vietnam

By Amanda Huffman

4 real things Vietnam vets experienced that you won’t see in movies

By Blake Stilwell

Influential military wives from the Revolutionary War to today

By Amanda Huffman

Why armies used to fight in long lines while marching in the open

The first American woman to lead a military operation in the Civil War was Harriet Tubman

By Amanda Huffman

This backwards looking tank was actually very effective

By Miguel Ortiz

This historic battle inspired the final dogfight in the original ‘Top Gun’

By Miguel Ortiz

The first tank to break into Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge was almost lost to history

By Miguel Ortiz

Here’s the story behind the WWII legends the Doolittle Raiders

By Jessica Manfre

Why we can thank the U.S. Army for Pringles

By Bethaney Phillips

How the Secret Service came to existence

By Bethaney Phillips

The first British air raid on Berlin was perfectly timed

King Charles III is a qualified sailor, pilot, parachutist and commando

By Miguel Ortiz

3 songs guaranteed to be included in Vietnam-era war games

WWII 101st Airborne veteran Jim “Pee Wee” Martin dies at 101

By Miguel Ortiz

How foreign auxiliary troops became Roman citizens

Our 14 favorite First Lady quotes

By Bethaney Phillips

These are the worst diseases contracted in combat zones by invading armies

The Navy SEALs you didn’t see in Black Hawk Down

By Miguel Ortiz

The CIA created demonic Bin Laden action figures in Operation ‘Devil Eyes’

By Bethaney Phillips

This combat veteran made a 9/11 memorial out of neckties

By Miguel Ortiz

Crazy kings: Why was Henry VIII so weird?

By Brittany Sulc

How farmers and troops predicted the weather before modern technology

Here’s the true grandfather of modern law enforcement

This is the most decorated pilot in the history of the Royal Navy

This is how generals inspired troops during the Renaissance

This is how the red cross became a medical symbol for military medics

This Vietnam veteran found his Huey helicopter at the Smithsonian

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

How 9/11 caused Queen Elizabeth to break a 600-year-old royal tradition

By Miguel Ortiz

The complete post guide to Fort Leavenworth

By Jessica Evans

How faith, family and focus took this Marine through Iraq and to the Olympics

A Navy machinist fought an air battle from a plane parked on its carrier’s flight deck

Six Flags Over Texas had a Confederacy where soldiers would hunt and execute Union spies

This sniper crawled nearly 2 miles to kill one enemy general

Civil War vets wanted to invade Canada to liberate Ireland

By Blake Stilwell

The unsolved murder of a West German border guard might have been communist revenge

The Nazis once planned a giant sun laser beam

By Bethaney Phillips

The Air Force used a ‘Dog Doo’ transmitter in Vietnam

By Miguel Ortiz

The 8 demonstration aircraft flown by the legendary Blue Angels

By Miguel Ortiz

The original ‘Philadelphia Experiment’ was about a US Navy cloaking device

The 6 ways troops tried to counter tanks when they first appeared

This is how modern submarines do not run out of oxygen while submerged

This Civil War general might be the most interesting man of the 19th century

By Miguel Ortiz

The Navy converted side-wheel paddle steamers into WWII aircraft carriers

By Miguel Ortiz

Here’s how the USPS delivered 12 million letters a week during WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

How French special forces rescued the holiest site in Islam

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

‘Was it worth it?’ One year out of Afghanistan, a Marine reflects on service

By Jessica Manfre

Revolutionary War

Snipers may have changed the course of the entire Revolutionary War

America’s first authorization for use of military force came in 1801

The insane battlefield myth of a teenager getting pregnant from a Civil War bullet

The US House of Representatives maintains order using a giant mace