History (Page 54)

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

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This was the average day for an ancient Roman soldier

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The scientific reason the Mongols were unable to successfully invade Europe

An experiment in the 1940s tried making ships invisible

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: Saddam Hussein captured

Top 4 historical alcoholic beverages consumed by troops in history

This is why sailors wear neckerchiefs with their dress uniform

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How the Civil War changed Santa

By Brittany Sulc

Today in military history: Marines storm Mogadishu

By Shannon Corbeil

How Army’s mascot came to be

This is how you would legally challenge someone to a duel in ye olden days

4 stupid fights lost because of racism

By Blake Stilwell

This female coder wrote the Apollo project by hand

By Bethaney Phillips

How Army Special Forces pulled a sneaky to get Glock pistols

By Miguel Ortiz

This NCO was willing to die in Vietnam for his commanding officer

44 USS Arizona survivors are interred with their shipmates at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

This chaplain earned the Silver Star saving 12 sailors at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

What happened to the officer who ignored the radar warning at Pearl Harbor

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

How 48 Sikhs fought an army of 100,000 soldiers

By Bethaney Phillips

This Soviet-era Russian war medal is worth $10 million

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving Band of Brothers officer, dies at 99

By Miguel Ortiz

That time a Marine in WWII was found clutching a sword around 13 dead Japanese soldiers

By Paul Szoldra

There is now a deal to finally end the Korean War after 70 years

The Army’s youngest-ever general was left for dead but survived

The USS Jimmy Carter does some serious secret squirrel stuff and no one will ever know

The 2021 Army-Navy game uniforms are epic

By Miguel Ortiz

This Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant made bullets for WWII

By Jessica Evans

Is this the Most Patriotic Poem Ever?

By Tim Kirkpatrick

WATCH: These are the Marines who guard the president

6 types of Navy chiefs you’ll meet in the fleet

By Tim Kirkpatrick

WATCH: Here’s what Marine DI School was like circa 1980

7 life lessons we learned from watching ‘Full Metal Jacket’

11 times Marines prove they really can do anything

By Blake Stilwell

The Travis Manion Foundation leads in style with True Classic Tees

By Miguel Ortiz

These are the 11 biological weapons the Soviets wanted to use on the US

By Blake Stilwell

This deadly gun is the Navy’s last line of defense against a missile attack

By Harold C. Hutchison

How Virginia Woolfe helped play a prank on the British Navy

By Bethaney Phillips

How the Vietnam War shaped the modern day U.S. Air Force

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This single joke by Reagan put the Soviet military on alert

How the Finns stopped the Soviets with this polka song

By Eric Milzarski

8 things you never knew about the Purple Heart Medal

By Sharon Brandwein

These Brits debunk the deadly M1 Garand ‘ping’ myth

How a World War II widow discovered her husband was a hero in France

By Blake Stilwell

This is how the Israelis planned to kill Saddam Hussein

By Blake Stilwell

This is when the Pope’s Swiss Guard was deadlier than 300 Spartans

By Blake Stilwell

This was the only underwater submarine vs. submarine kill in history

The Jeep: The necessity of innovation

By Jessica Evans

Old Ironsides and Operation Torch: The Army’s 1st Armored Division

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

This is why George Washington viewed Thanksgiving as a warrior’s holiday

Gen. Ben Skardon, Bataan Death March survivor and famed Clemson grad, passes away at 104

By Miguel Ortiz

Here’s how a Connecticut button company changed America

By Jessica Evans

Yabba Dabba Doo: Did you know the Army owned dinosaurs?

By Jessica Evans

5 ways your work review is different from any military review

Watch a real US Army honor guard perform the ‘Razzle Dazzle’ from the movie ‘Stripes’

By Blake Stilwell

Top 5 torture methods enjoyed by emperor Tiberius

Great Falls Nike Fire Control Site W-83 played a critical role in the creation of GPS

By Jessica Evans

The Army Museum Support Center is the biggest treasure trove you never knew existed

By Jessica Evans

HISTORY Channel premieres documentary ‘Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII’

That time a British sniper blew the head off of an ISIS executioner during beheading training session

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

How US veterans helped their Afghan Allies escape the Taliban

Declassified CIA documents provide guidance for ‘UFO Photographers’

By Alex Hollings

8 of America’s top Army Rangers

Robert Carmody fought for his country in the boxing ring and on the battlefield

100 years after its groundbreaking, the National WWI Museum is as current as ever

By Miguel Ortiz