History (Page 54)

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

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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

Here’s what it’s like dodging six missiles in an F-16

By Paul Szoldra

The little cruiser with a battleship’s guns

Here’s what it would look like if a modern Army fought the Battle of Gettysburg

Discovering the North Pole: Who got there first?

By Brittany Sulc

This is why some police officers are mounted on horseback in cities

The 5 most feared warriors in military history

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Boston Tea Party

The first Native American woman to die in combat was also the first female military death of the Iraq War

By Jacqlyn Cope

4 things that got a Nazi an automatic Iron Cross

17 wild facts about the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

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