History (Page 48)

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

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Aussie special forces used sawed-off machine guns in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

The US plan to train nuclear suicide bomber paratroopers

By Blake Stilwell

The wreck of the destroyer escort that fought like a battleship during WWII has been found

By Miguel Ortiz

Lend-lease: What was old is new again, with an ironic twist

This was the Air Force’s plan to turn a Boeing 747 into an airborne aircraft carrier

A black Marine fought for Greek independence after fighting the Barbary War

Why Russia’s Typhoon-Class submarines are so massive

Why World War I pilot Eddie Rickenbacker is such a legendary hero

The reason the M1 Garand used to jam every 7th round

By Miguel Ortiz

Before the attack helicopter, this WWII plane was named the Apache

By Miguel Ortiz

This insane pilot conducted first combat search and rescue

These are the only father-son pairs to receive Medals of Honor

This American bomber-killing missile had a nuclear punch

By Harold C. Hutchison

How German troops at Stalingrad behaved when they were on leave from the battle

The last prisoner of World War II was found in Russia in 2000

This is how the Romans successfully removed arrows from wounded troops

The ‘Big Red One’ led the fight from WWI to Iraq

This is how much troops were paid in every major American war

This is why the military went from blotched to digital uniform patterns

This forgotten soldier survived 4 months in Dunkirk by himself

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time the Air Force landed bombers on tank treads

This is why people yell ‘Geronimo’ when jumping from heights

By Blake Stilwell

This WWII battle had ships firing point blank with 16-inch guns

By Harold C. Hutchison

9 interesting reasons behind US military uniforms

By Ward Carroll

The medieval weapon so frightening Scots surrendered at first sight

By Blake Stilwell

How the Persian Immortals became masters of psychological warfare

By Eric Milzarski

The 9 most badass unit mottos in the Marine Corps

This is the toolkit spies carried in their butts

9 of the most legendary heroes in US Army history

This Army dentist died mowing down 98 attacking Japanese soldiers

The time a prostitute stowed away aboard the USS Arizona

By Miguel Ortiz

This carrier launched the fighters that scored the first and last kills on North Vietnamese MiGs

By Miguel Ortiz

7 awesome things you didn’t know the Coast Guard has

That time World War II vets violently overthrew corrupt politicians in Tennessee

One of America’s legendary small arms was designed by a convict

By Blake Stilwell

This is why the Soviet Union was one of the most evil governments ever created

The history behind the 24 notes in ‘Taps’

By Bethaney Phillips

Vastly outnumbered, these Irish troops survived a 5-day siege

America wanted to stop Earth’s rotation during Cold War

3 dirty tricks Canada used to gain control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812

The Civil War created ‘soldiers disease’ – a morphine addiction problem among veterans

The incredible Katherine Johnson, NASA’s genius ‘Hidden Figure’

By Megan Harless

Why the Dresden firebombing campaign was a PR nightmare during WWII

5 times the cosmos affected victory on the battlefield

This long-forgotten unit was the direct predecessor to Delta Force

One of Disney’s most-loved characters came to be a leader of Marines

By Blake Stilwell

How the US military perfected GPS technology for civilians

Union soldiers from Alabama protected General Sherman as he burned down the South

6 wild facts about the deadly creator of SEAL Team Six

By Blake Stilwell

How legendary battleships could come back, and why they won’t

The ‘most hated units’ in the Army are some of the best

Watch what happens when these guys fire this beast of a rifle

By Orvelin Valle

5 reasons Route Irish was the most nerve-racking road in Iraq

By Blake Stilwell

You have to see the tombstones in this Soviet military cemetery

By Blake Stilwell

7 secret weapons Allied soldiers would’ve faced while invading Japan

How the election of 1876 was settled with a compromise

By Bethaney Phillips

This Revolutionary War battle was fought in lard with swords

By Blake Stilwell

Did the Soviets leave dead cosmonauts in orbit?

By Alex Hollings

The intense rules for the Marines who protected US mail from gangsters

By Blake Stilwell

Top 5 weird Vietnam era nicknames that would have gotten you in trouble

This is the most revered dagger in military history

Legends about the most decorated Marine in US history

By Zackry Colston

The Army reactivated the 11th Airborne Division to focus on Arctic warfare

By Miguel Ortiz

These are the clean cut differences between an atomic and hydrogen bomb