History (Page 47)

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

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The time a British fighter jet landed on a civilian container ship

By Miguel Ortiz

This deadly resistance fighter was the Wonder Woman of WWII

This Civil War battalion was just college kids

This Navy plane is a Boeing 737 loaded with computers, radar, torpedoes and missiles

By Miguel Ortiz

7 best military museums for history lovers

By Jessica Evans

Why the battlecruiser Peter the Great is Russia’s most impressive warship

4 reasons it would have sucked to be a Viet Cong fighting against the US

This was the most dangerous military job during the Civil War

How communist China’s war against sparrows killed 55 million people

That time President Jackson threw a rager at the White House

By Shannon Corbeil

That time a badger lived in the White House

By Megan Miller

Abraham Lincoln challenged US troops to this strength test

By Blake Stilwell

Messerschmitt made micro cars after WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

How the Vietnam War changed the Navy SEALs forever

The time that the British conquered Manila

By Miguel Ortiz

This medieval warrior was the first to use a now-famous insult

By Blake Stilwell

These 4 WWII planes were armed with literal tank cannons

By Miguel Ortiz

How a fighter jet managed to shoot itself down

The time a fishing boat helped capture a North Korean submarine

By Miguel Ortiz

This is why World War I-era British spies used semen as invisible ink

By Blake Stilwell

The experimental rifle that almost changed World War II

The Navy’s first drone saw action during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

The highest honor for a Roman general was only achieved three times

This is how Hitler’s drug addiction may have caused him to lose the war

The SR-71 Blackbird was almost the most versatile fighter plane ever

By Blake Stilwell

This experimental WWII tank was like a Sherman on steroids

By Miguel Ortiz

Why medieval knights trained and worked out in full suits of armor

The 5 most underrated commanders in military history

How the phrase ‘God is my co-pilot’ started with the World War II Air Forces

A WWI Hungarian soldier turned out to be a serial killer

By Bethaney Phillips

The 54th Massachusetts ‘Glory’ Memorial was rededicated after it was vandalized

By Miguel Ortiz

Warriors in their own words: The ‘Tunnel Rats’ of Vietnam

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The awesome story behind the Commander-In-Chief’s desk

By Blake Stilwell

Pfc. Bradford Freeman, the last ‘Band of Brothers’ soldier, dies at 97

By Miguel Ortiz

This original Top Gun stunt pilot became an astronaut

By Miguel Ortiz

This is why the rank of General of the Armies was only given twice in US history

This daring commando raid’s only injury was from a negligent discharge

Why you don’t hear about the German Navy on D-Day

This pilot crashed his plane into the guns that shot him down

This is the biggest victory Native Americans scored against the colonials

By Blake Stilwell

America’s secret supersonic spy drones flew over China in the 1960s

By Alex Hollings

Here’s the most influential US general you’ve never heard of

By Stephen Carlson

5 reasons bourbon is the most American drink of all time

By Blake Stilwell

A Medal of Honor recipient tore his way through Vietnam while being stalked by a tiger

Last WWII Medal of Honor recipient, Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams, passes away at 98

By Miguel Ortiz

The real man behind the fake body used in ‘Operation Mincemeat’

How one Soviet agent single-handedly changed the course of World War II

This Medal of Honor citation reads like an action movie plot

This was the Air Force’s super fighter that never flew

Why some of the Los Zetas Cartel founders were trained by the US Army

7 unusual USMC slang words every Marine knows

By Uncle Walkie

The LT Michael P. Murphy Navy SEAL Museum is now open in New York

By Miguel Ortiz

These warriors were the ‘Leper Knights’ of the Crusader Kingdoms

The 5 vehicles most crucial to winning World War II

Afghanistan War

The KGB’s Alpha Group left terrorists in fear of the Soviet Union

The ‘last casualty of the Civil War’ died of his wounds in 1914

Why the enemy should have brought a battalion to kill this soldier

By Blake Stilwell

How Green Berets earned the nickname ‘snake eaters’ and how it helped them in Vietnam

The F-22 Raptor almost had a stealth bomber sibling

By Miguel Ortiz

The Army Chief learned about Pearl Harbor in 14 words

Revolutionary War

Top 3 tactical withdrawals in military history

These are the religious duties of a Navy Chaplain

The namesake of Tinker Air Force Base was a total badass

How the KGB trained its ‘illegal’ sleeper agents