History (Page 64)

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

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This British crew sang a hilarious song as their ship burned

By Blake Stilwell

6 miraculous operations of the Israel Defense Forces

By Blake Stilwell

That time Israeli airmen and a US Marine attacked 10,000 Egyptians and won

By Blake Stilwell

These four men were authorized to wear medals with their own faces on them

The Coast Guard rescued half a million New Yorkers from the 9/11 terror attacks

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

Here’s what tops the reading list of legendary Gen. James Mattis

This hero horse of the Marine Corps got her own statue

This is why US troops in Vietnam called this gecko the ‘F*ck You Lizard’

By Blake Stilwell

8 post-9/11 heroes who should have received the Medal Of Honor — but didn’t

That time an Army officer was crowned Miss USA

WATCH: Here’s what it takes to become a Coastie

By Jessica Evans

This was the most destructive nuclear weapon ever conceived

This is why soldiers wear unit patches

By Eric Milzarski

Only one US senator was ever killed in battle

Here are the 9 scenarios from Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War’

By Harold C. Hutchison

3 celebrity relatives who changed history in combat

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s How US Navy SEALs Take Down A House

This legendary triple ace wrote an amazing letter on modern Air Force leadership

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s the origin of the respected battlefield cross

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The US accidentally built a fort to repel Canada… in Canada

By Shannon Corbeil

The 8 best war cries in military history

By Blake Stilwell

How this squeegee handle saved 6 people on 9/11

By Blake Stilwell

Before the F-35, these 10 airplanes became legends after rough starts

By Harold C. Hutchison

7 things you didn’t know about the First Battle of Fallujah

By Mike Dowling

This is actual footage of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri

By Tim Kirkpatrick

One of the pioneers of the Navy SEALs lived almost a century

By Blake Stilwell

7 surprising things you didn’t know about Marine cooks

This is why the Apache is a flying fortress

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Civil War re-enactors have their own POG-level slang

By Blake Stilwell

5 of the best musical instruments to go to war with

By Blake Stilwell

This is how Teddy Roosevelt wins a bar fight

By Blake Stilwell

6 interesting facts about American Indians in the US military

By Blake Stilwell

The USS Michael Murphy flies some of the best flags in the fleet

By Miguel Ortiz

This is the real Iraq War battle behind ‘The Long Road Home’

By Blake Stilwell

The M3 “Grease Gun” was designed to save money and kill Nazis

13 US Coast Guard Legends

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

See how a B-58 Hustler crew averted disaster after a takeoff went wrong

By Harold C. Hutchison

Marines were once saved by candy from the sky

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This is how a British sniper took out six terrorists with one shot

By Eric Milzarski

Why Native American nations declared war on Germany twice

By Blake Stilwell

7 Navy Jobs That No Longer Exist

By Orvelin Valle

That real time three ex-Navy pilots fought a Hollywood-style brawl at 19,000 feet

By Blake Stilwell

The 6 craziest military myths

The last combat soldier to leave Vietnam was killed in the 9/11 attacks

By Blake Stilwell

South Korea’s Marines are almost as scary as the Americans’

By Harold C. Hutchison

This sea battle claimed the lives of 5 brothers in World War II

The brutal attack that made Dracula so famous

That time Vito Bertoldo fought as a one-man army for two days

This Navy admiral built ships and Disney parks

By Miguel Ortiz

WATCH: Welcome to Offutt, the only military installation you’ll find in Nebraska

By Jessica Evans

This is why a Civil War soldier would drop a gun to pick up his unit’s flag

By Harold C. Hutchison

Cannonballs literally bounced off the USS Constitution

This WWII sub captain went down with his ship to save his crew

The only ship in the US Navy to sink an enemy ship is also the oldest ship in the US Navy

By Blake Stilwell

‘The Marine’ packs a record number of technical errors into the first five minutes

By Mike Dowling

The Navy’s first World War II ace shot down five bombers on a single mission

How Silly Putty got its start in the military

By Bethaney Phillips

The paradummy that distracted the Germans on D-Day

By Miguel Ortiz

This is why Bloody Mary is feared

America’s oldest WWII veteran lived to 112

A sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stood watch for 23 hours during a hurricane

By Blake Stilwell

That time North Korea took a shot at a Blackbird

By Harold C. Hutchison

This Navy SEAL knew how to have fun and get to work

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Watch the Coast Guard bust the biggest Narco-Sub ever

By Blake Stilwell