History (Page 70)

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

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Why the French President praised a Nazi collaborator

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Watch sailors fight off World War II kamikaze attacks in amazing 4K

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This is what you should know about the ‘Aztec Eagles’

This is what soldiers should expect from the new Army Greens

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The world’s most beloved veteran superhero is dead at 95

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5 leadership lessons you can learn in the Marines

See the uniforms and kit that armies took to war in 1914

Why artillerymen might be the most essential land assets in World War 3

3 things leaders did in the name of love

14 NFL players who lost their lives in combat over the years

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This terrifying disease started in World War I Europe

Why artillerymen should bring back their distinctive ‘Redlegs’

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This Medal of Honor recipient was the Navy’s first ace-in-a-day

Here are 13 military animals that outrank you

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An airman and his dog flew 30 combat missions in World War II

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How this Civil War spy became a legendary lawman in the Wild West

By Eric Milzarski

The Coast Guard caught a sea turtle with $53 million in cocaine

7 weapons could give Russia an edge in World War 3

First Marines to get new women’s uniform graduate boot camp

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The insane USAF flying saucer-shaped missile

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9 books you need to read to understand World War I

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That time the Salvation Army deployed with the troops

By Eric Milzarski

This is why Genghis Khan was so successful in his conquests

Get a look at the Air Force’s new PT uniforms

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Navy’s next ship will be named for this Korean War hero

What the F-22 will do in a war with China

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The ultimate military history road trip

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How sailors navigated before GPS

Marilyn Monroe’s first job was building drones for the Army

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That time an F-22 pilot told the Iranian Air Force to go home

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How Machu Picchu successfully eluded the Spaniards for generations

SciFi loves nuclear hand grenades, but you’ll never get one

The Merchant Marine suffered the worst losses of World War II

Why Elvis’ time in the Army scared the hell out of the communists

By Eric Milzarski

This is why cadets have shouted “Go Army! Beat Navy!” for over a century

By Eric Milzarski

6 heroes who saved American lives on Heartbreak Ridge

This is why the infamous glider regiments quietly fizzled out of history

By Eric Milzarski

3 Marines receive Purple Hearts for actions in Syria

How Godzilla films were actually a metaphor for how postwar Japan saw the world

By Eric Milzarski

What it’s like to be strapped into the U-2 Dragon Lady

The bloody story behind the bells the US returned to the Philippines

By Blake Stilwell

6 games World War I soldiers played in the trenches

Hitler had no idea the Soviets were so strong before invading

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Navy might know what sank its only major warship lost in WWI

The only successful missile attack on a US warship was an Iraqi sucker punch

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We just missed horse day, so here’s hero Sgt. Reckless

This heroic working dog conducted 210 combat missions while deployed

Russia might be preparing to invade Ukraine right now

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This is why NORAD began keeping an eye out for Santa Claus

By Eric Milzarski

How Panama actually started its war with the United States

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4 things you didn’t know about the agent who took down Al Capone

Autopsy of a German tank killed in World War I combat

This is how the Roman economy funded military expansion

Why names are added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

By Blake Stilwell

7 craziest ways you could fight in the World Wars

Revolutionary War

4 battles brought to you by booze

This is what the Army’s nasty ’emergency chocolate bars’ tasted like

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The candy man who revolutionized tank design

How ‘Saving Private Ryan’ could use a sequel, but not in the way Hollywood thinks

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Saddam thought the US was cool with an invasion of Kuwait

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What it was like to suffer a German U-boat attack

An American is now a senior ISIS commander in Syria

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World War II’s most decorated woman was a housewife-turned-spy

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Why a judge willingly shared this green beret’s jail sentence

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