History (Page 5)

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

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An Army Infantry Squad Vehicle sells for $1 million to benefit the Medal of Honor Foundation

By Miguel Ortiz

Meet the dog who went from a family pet to a World War II hero

By Stephen Ruiz

A tank commander recounts the Gulf War Battle of Medina Ridge in ‘Bandit’

By Blake Stilwell

Fort Knox went all Hollywood during filming of a military comedy classic

By Stephen Ruiz

The immense challenge of teaching World War II in 270 minutes

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Why the National Guard should embrace its illustrious history

The National Guard unit that stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day

How these Navy submariners worked to save themselves after their sub sank

By Stephen Ruiz

The story of 4 brothers who served on the Juneau with the Sullivans

By Stephen Ruiz

This No. 1 overall draft pick became the NFL’s MVP while in the Army

By Stephen Ruiz

How this Air Force spy plane traveled from coast to coast in record time

By Stephen Ruiz

Ola Mize became ‘the Audie Murphy of the Korean War’ by fighting off a Chinese division

By Blake Stilwell

Sailors relive the 1980s ‘Tanker War’ amid today’s Hormuz Crisis

Amos Chapple, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

The secret telegram that defined the Cold War before it began

By Daniel Tobias Flint

The ‘Gray Ghosts’ of the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Daniel Tobias Flint

An Air Force plane crashed in Death Valley during the Cold War (and is still there)

By Stephen Ruiz

The Army’s latest helicopter has its official name: Cheyenne II

By Miguel Ortiz

The Pinkertons were America’s most powerful private army, then Congress banned them

By Daniel Tobias Flint

7 hours of grit and determination that changed the Civil War

By Daniel Tobias Flint

How to join the National World War II Museum’s celebration for ‘Band of Brothers’ 25th annivesary

By Blake Stilwell

Revolutionary War

The US Navy’s first submarine was a hand-cranked wooden egg

By Daniel Tobias Flint

A Nazi was the only person convicted of spying in connection with Pearl Harbor

By Stephen Ruiz

The forgotten Civil War legacy of America’s most notorious prison

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Audie Murphy’s Medal of Honor action is still like something out of a movie

Blake Stilwell, Military.com

How friendly fire could have killed Scotty from ‘Star Trek’ on D-Day

By Stephen Ruiz

This Army pilot went from flying Black Hawks to setting a spaceflight record

By Stephen Ruiz

Revolutionary War

Washington’s most terrifying general was shot in the head and refused to leave the battle

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Ukraine is using a World War I ‘creeping barrage’ tactic to turn the tide of the war

By Blake Stilwell

This Navy aviator escaped his captors during the Vietnam War and lived to tell about it

By Stephen Ruiz

How a bidding war inspired a WWI veteran to push for an NFL draft

By Stephen Ruiz

‘Masters of the Air’ got a definitive new edition from The Folio Society

By Blake Stilwell

How a steamboat carrying Union soldiers became ‘America’s Titanic’

By Stephen Ruiz

The ship that delivered the atomic bomb was sunk, and nobody came to look for it

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

The Liberty Bell was named by abolitionists, not the founding fathers

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

More Americans died on one British prison ship than in most Revolutionary War combat

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Revolutionary War

George Washington’s secret spy code name was Agent 711

By Daniel Tobias Flint

The biggest challenge Charles Lindbergh faced in flying across the Atlantic

By Stephen Ruiz

That time Neil Armstrong survived ejecting from his fighter jet in Korea

By Stephen Ruiz

A Medal of Honor recipient used a dud enemy mortar to save US troops during WWII

By Stephen Ruiz

The Civil War created the modern American funeral industry

By Daniel Tobias Flint

How the fastest manmade object ever was once a manhole cover launched by a nuke

How America celebrated its centennial in 1876 and transformed its future

By Stephen Ruiz

Guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier carry specially made M17s

By Miguel Ortiz

The combat jumps of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in Korea

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Decorated Navy vet Bob Feller is the only MLB pitcher to throw an Opening Day no-hitter

By Stephen Ruiz

How trailblazer Grace Hopper taught the US military all about computers

By Daniella Horne

Grim Reaper dead after trying to take Chuck Norris

By Shannon Corbeil

The Iranian general whose intel might have stopped the US from going to war in 2007

By Stephen Ruiz

RED Friday returns as combat deployments ramp up

By Adam Gramegna

The XM8 is back, but not in the way you might remember it

By Miguel Ortiz

How a Navy veteran basically invented the sports drink industry

By Stephen Ruiz

How the daring rescue of 3 Army soldiers after a WWII plane crash in ‘Shangri-La’ unfolded

By Friedrich Seiltgen

The 13 scariest dictators the world has ever known

By Brittany Sulc

Why the Union wore blue and the Confederacy gray during the Civil War

The new dime design has no olive branch and people are up in arms over it

By Blake Stilwell

The US Army’s ‘Cattle Truck’ was the worst ride you’ll never forget

By Adam Gramegna

A Marine Corps general led a fictional Iran against the US military—and won

By Blake Stilwell

6 things to know about the Sentinels guarding Arlington’s Tomb of the Unknowns

Operation Tapeworm: How the US Army’s most elite hunted down Saddam’s sons

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Why Genghis Khan and the Mongols were the most-feared army of all time

By Bethaney Phillips

The world’s shortest war lasted an incredibly brief 38 minutes

By Stephen Ruiz

The Space Force was fighting Iran before the first F-35 took off

By Adam Gramegna

Why the Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security

By Stephen Ruiz

The WWII bombardier whose family spent 12 years bringing him home from the ocean floor

By Stephen Ruiz