History (Page 53)

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

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Today in military history: Colt sells revolvers to US government

New uniform rules allow airmen to have their hands in their pockets and more

This is the battle that stopped the Mongol Expansion for the first time

This is why the Army keeps the Specialist rank around

By Eric Milzarski

How watching movies helped this sniper achieve record-breaking kill shots

Here’s What Life Is Like For US Army Tankers

5 love letters between troops and their spouses during war

Today in military history: US downs 7 enemy planes

6 ways to drink like a nearly-immortal American warrior

By Blake Stilwell

7 worst military defeats in modern history

Today in military history: Happy Birthday Woobie

This PJ is the most decorated enlisted airman in history

By Blake Stilwell

This is why the US never exported the deadly F-22

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Bloodiest year of Vietnam War comes to an end

A British magician protected the Suez Canal in World War II by making it disappear

America’s sweetheart and WWII volunteer, Betty White, dies at 99

By Jessica Manfre

Afghanistan War

This Marine sniper threw the enemy’s grenade back to save his brothers

This ‘Whale’ saved 700 planes during the Vietnam War

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 planes the Air Force should bring back

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is what other countries thought about the US Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This is the Soviet soldier found alive 30 years after dying in Afghanistan

By Blake Stilwell

The military is the reason behind the ‘Amish Beard’

By Blake Stilwell

Why the US has a base 695 miles north of the Arctic Circle

By Eric Milzarski

How Australian troops created a deadly makeshift weapon in the Vietnam War

Why this World War II British fighter was painted pink

This is the most powerful sidearm ever issued by the US military

By Blake Stilwell

Why ‘impressment’ was worth going to war with England over in 1812

The real reason pirates wore eyepatches was actually a good idea

Listen to a German WWI veteran describe killing on the Western Front

How the British managed to lose the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812

How the Finns sabotaged the Red Army’s retreat with Polka music

Japan bombed the US mainland during World War II hoping to start a forest fire

These 8 fighters served decades beyond “retirement” as drones

By Harold C. Hutchison

How this heroic sailor earned 12 medals for valor

6 times the Army destroyed Japanese troops in the Pacific

One Indian soldier killed 300 Chinese soldiers in a single battle

The 4 deadliest submarine accidents in history

6 of the ugliest planes that ever flew after World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

How one pilot became Santa Claus to the kids of West Berlin

By Eric Milzarski

It’s a wonderfully, complicated life: How WWII shaped James ‘Jimmy’ Stewart

By Jim Fletcher

Today in military history: War of 1812 ends

This Japanese pilot led the attack on Pearl Harbor then moved to the US

By Blake Stilwell

This is why these engineers burn their battalion colors every year

By Eric Milzarski

The day we saved 2,147 POWs from Los Baños Prison

By James Elphick

Revolutionary War

That time Gerald Ford promoted George Washington to six-star general

By Blake Stilwell

What Chinese veterans of Korea think about their war

By Blake Stilwell

This Marine came back to his family 5 years after he died

The US military cleaned up victims of modern history’s largest mass suicide

By Blake Stilwell

Yes, World War II soldiers could throw mortar rounds like grenades

Why Vietnam War troops hated the M16 and called it a piece of garbage

By Orvelin Valle

How a single photograph allowed the Japanese emperor to stay in power

By Eric Milzarski

This Special Forces legend was saved by his beard

The 29th Infantry patch is under fire for its ties to the Confederate States

5 of the most important battles nearly forgotten by history

Why the US Navy pushed helicopters into the ocean after the fall of Saigon

This Arizona airport on Route 66 was one of the most important Army bases during (and after) WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

America’s highest-scoring ace once killed a crocodile with his fighter plane

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: General George S. Patton dies

This is why Screaming Eagles wear cards on their helmets

By Eric Milzarski

How John Wayne got rid of the KGB agents hired to kill him

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Elvis Presley is drafted into the US Army

This is how the English defeated the invincible Spanish Armada

That time an Air Force pilot saved a United Airlines flight

By Blake Stilwell

Revolutionary War

This is why the 3rd amendment was so crucial for a post-Revolution US

By Eric Milzarski