History (Page 52)

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

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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’

7 Chinese weapons that will set tone for World War III

The Centurion tank was tough enough to survive a nuclear blast

By Blake Stilwell

This is why the rituals of the tattooed Maori Warriors live on

By Blake Stilwell

This is why President Truman turned down the Medal of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

This Holocaust survivor recounts his daring escape from Auschwitz

By Blake Stilwell

Just one Canadian tank made it to VE Day

11 amazing facts about aircraft ejection seats

By Blake Stilwell

6 well-known ways the White House stays secure

By Eric Milzarski

5 US states that maintain naval militias

By Miguel Ortiz

This is how the invention of interchangeable parts changed the course of warfare

This is how the Russian Army stayed warm defending Stalingrad

The CIA’s Special Activities Division rescued the Dalai Lama from the Chinese communists

‘Dear John’ letters inspired a classic Jim Croce song

By Blake Stilwell

The B-36: The plane ‘so good it never dropped a bomb in anger’

This is the tragic history of the flying aircraft carrier

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This British aircraft carrier served in the US Navy

By Miguel Ortiz

This is the true origin of the Marine Recon paddle

The star of ‘Leave It to Beaver’ served – but he didn’t die in Vietnam

A Filipina civilian had more confirmed kills in WWII than most soldiers

Today in military history: WW2 soldier found in Guam 27 years after war

Why the British stole German underwear technology in World War I

Afghanistan War

This Army medic killed over a dozen insurgents in just 8 days

WATCH: The strange history of Fort Miles

By Jessica Evans

This is how Jimmy Carter was almost assassinated by Mexican hitmen

This ‘El Sal’ soldier kicked *ss with just a switchblade

By Blake Stilwell

This is how knights trained for life-or-death jousting tournaments

This is how troops can navigate with stars in absolute darkness

9 things you didn’t know about MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech

By Brittany Sulc

Today in military history: Nixon suspends military action in Vietnam

Watch: Famous graves at Arlington

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: MiG-17 prototype takes maiden flight

Why the Army flag sometimes has a blue background

Today’s Purple Heart medals were first made for the invasion of Japan