History (Page 55)

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

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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

How alchemy was the marketing scheme of the medieval world

TV’s ‘Mr. Wizard’ was a B-24 Bomber pilot in World War II

This Canadian liberated a Dutch town on his own

This is what it was like to be marooned in the age of sail

By Blake Stilwell

America’s 9 most deadly wartime enemies, ranked

By Blake Stilwell

The unknown Army aircraft that flew a tank

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why this Byzantine emperor’s death started the fall of Eastern Rome

This is how dishonorable it was to be a rōnin in feudal japan

The Navy freaked out when it got rid of bell-bottom pants

By Blake Stilwell

A cartoonish look at how an epic airlift prevented World War 3

A Canadian officer rescued the real Winnie the Pooh

Beloved former Secretary of State, General Colin Powell dies at 84

By Miguel Ortiz

The USS Intrepid will muster its old crew for its 75th anniversary

Today in military history: Halsey named commander of the South Pacific

This U.S. Army artillery unit savaged 41 Iraqi battalions in 72 hours

The Coalition destroyed the entire Iraqi Navy during the first four days of Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

3 heroes who became POWs twice

By James Elphick

Once in a century event: How you can place flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

By Miguel Ortiz

How a good carrier landing can go bad in a hurry

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Navy decommissioned Littoral Combat Ship USS Freedom after 13 years

By Miguel Ortiz

A Soviet soldier took on 50 Germans with grenades and an ax

Why President Truman ordered this NCO interred at Arlington National Cemetery

Iran and the CIA teamed up to test Soviet airspace defenses

The Space Force released their PT and service dress uniforms and they’re out of this world

By Miguel Ortiz

Hawaii is demolishing the famous ‘Stairway to Heaven’ built by the Navy

By Miguel Ortiz

‘Winnie the Pooh’ was created by a vet explaining war to his boy

By Eric Milzarski

The 5 most unlucky empires in all of world history

Why the Chinese communists couldn’t conquer Taiwan after World War II

This Union Medal of Honor recipient was the most wounded soldier of the Civil War

This is how Genghis Khan exacted his revenge when his grandson died

Watch the Air Force launch an ICBM in mid-air from the back of a C-5

By Blake Stilwell

How Israeli armor embarrassed the Arab allies in the Yom Kippur War

The real reason the Japanese invasion of Singapore was a disaster

Daniel Craig was made an honorary Royal Navy Commander

By Miguel Ortiz

This Corpsman saved a Marine suffering from a sniper head shot

By Orvelin Valle

Why World War II soldiers mutinied in the days after V-J Day

5 of the best Pyrrhic victories the United States inflicted on its enemies

George W. Bush survived an assassination attempt because of a red handkerchief

The real reason North Korea’s capture of the USS Pueblo was a disaster for the US

The untold story of the Navy SEAL and canine hero who caught Bin Laden

Before Harry Humphries succeeded in Hollywood, he was a Navy SEAL

This World War II-era Black tank commander was a real-life ‘Black Panther’

These 10 trailblazers are behind the 19th Amendment

By Brittany Sulc

How coasties saved an entire village in 1919 during the Spanish Flu

By Jessica Manfre

The Navy initially denied Grace Hopper’s enlistment. Then she revolutionized computers.

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

An Oklahoma Congressman tried taking a rogue helicopter mission

By Bethaney Phillips

46 years later: Reviewing the timeline of the Watergate Scandal

By Sharon Brandwein

Researchers are using a medieval remedy to treat battlefield wounds

This is the Russian soldier who likely avoided a nuclear war

By Bethaney Phillips

Watch this EOD badass dismantle an IED with a pickaxe and pliers

By Tessa Robinson

This British war medal is only awarded to animals

By Bethaney Phillips

4 reasons Fort Polk is paradise on earth or… pick your own expletive

By Samantha Peterson

The CIA once used tiger droppings as a secret tracking device

These sisters were children at the Pentagon daycare center on 9/11. Now they’re in the military.

By Miguel Ortiz