History (Page 51)

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

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How Ethiopia punched way above its weight class in Korea

The Anglo-Saxon noble and resistance fighter who inspired ‘Robin Hood’

This is how gladiators fought using the net and trident as weapons

The Navy recovered a crashed F-35C from over 12,000 feet underwater

By Miguel Ortiz

10 expectations of WW2 military spouses

By Bethaney Phillips

Visiting the tombs of these 6 dictators makes a great summer getaway package

By Blake Stilwell

SEAL Team Six overcame the impossible in this perfect rescue op

By Blake Stilwell

The new ‘This is Us’ military arc is deeply personal

By Shannon Corbeil

This Kiwi WWII tank might be the worst tank ever built

By Miguel Ortiz

Here’s how a longbow was instrumental in WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

Allied WWII snipers in 13 extraordinary photographs

Explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance found off Antarctica after over 100 years

By Miguel Ortiz

This is what inspired the patriotic Yankee Doodle song

That time a Greek Priest Saved Over 27,000 from the Concentration Camps

Watch the F-35 score its first air-to-air kills

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: US combat troops arrive in Vietnam

Today in military history: Dutch Resistance attacks SS officer

Ronald Reagan got a Marine recruiting letter while he was President — his response was classic

By Paul Szoldra

The 6 most-secret units in military history

Watch this Sentinel destroy a trespasser at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The insane training South Korean commandos took to infiltrate North Korea

4 Southern counties that seceded from the Confederacy during the Civil War

How the Vietnam War’s ‘Unknown Soldier’ was identified and reinterred

Revolutionary War

The time George Washington prevented a military coup with his glasses

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: American Flag is raised on Iwo Jima

This is how troops used light sources during the middle ages

This is why Americans should never wear cringey El Che T-shirts

This is why the Sharps rifle was the deadliest weapon of the Civil War

Afghanistan War

Save Our Allies reminds us the war in Afghanistan is far from over

By Jessica Manfre

In a military exercise, try not to really shoot anyone

5 of the ugliest battleships ever floated

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is how the British planned to shut down air bases in World War III

By Harold C. Hutchison

Today in military history: Nazi resistance leaders arrested by Gestapo

Watch UFC fighters get stomped by Marine Corps martial arts experts

Today in military history: Disgruntled soldier buzzes White House

Today in military history: US recaptures Bataan Peninsula

Check out the Navy’s powerful nuclear security train car

This Vietnam-era aircraft carrier disaster forever changed the way US sailors learn damage control

By Orvelin Valle

Today in military history: USS Maine explosion launches Spanish-American War

Israeli wrestlers were the heroes of the 1972 Munich Massacre

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Patriot victory at Battle of Kettle Creek

Today in military history: North Vietnam releases US POWs

Today in military history: US sends combat troops to Vietnam

This is how sunglasses changed the battlefield and American culture

Today in military history: US secures Guadalcanal

Afghanistan War

What is it like fighting alongside Afghan troops?

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is the hazy history of warriors and marijuana before the war on drugs

WATCH: Billy Mitchell proves planes could sink battleships

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time Guy Gabaldon convinced 1,500 Japanese troops not to fight to the death

This Steeler went to four Super Bowls after being wounded in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: First US helo shot down in Vietnam

Today in military history: US troops capture Marshall Islands

One of NATO’s most important Commanders was a Wehrmacht general who tried to kill Hitler

‘The Fighting McCooks’ were the Civil War’s largest military family

US defense companies helped China build its military until the fall of the Soviet Union

The French Navy’s best World War II victory came against Thailand

Nike’s co-founder was a 10th Mountain WWII veteran

By Miguel Ortiz

Why sunken ships are popping up from the ocean around Iwo Jima

The 18 times America did crazy combat jumps

By James Elphick

General Petraeus returned to duty days after being shot in the chest with an M-16

By Blake Stilwell

This Vietnam War POW used a propaganda film to blink ‘TORTURE’ in Morse Code

By Blake Stilwell

This guy kept fighting World War II for 30 years after Japan surrendered

By Orvelin Valle

How the US Army could win a war all on its own

This is why Hitler wanted to kill ‘The Three Stooges’