History (Page 75)

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

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A Soviet pilot claims he brought down Francis Gary Powers – not a missile

By Blake Stilwell

German POWs hit the gridiron for the Barbwire Bowl Classic

By Dustin Damon

The women who volunteered to make donuts on the front lines of World War I

By Megan Miller

Why ancient Romans built statues of their greatest enemy

By Blake Stilwell

How iconic actor James Dean will star in the latest Vietnam War movie

By Blake Stilwell

Everyone lost their minds when a Marine general relieved an Army general

By Blake Stilwell

How effective draftees in the Vietnam War actually were

By Blake Stilwell

This World War I veteran came home and built himself a castle in Ohio

By Blake Stilwell

This former slave became the first African-American West Point grad

By Blake Stilwell

World War II vets rebuilt an APC to drive through the Iron Curtain

By Blake Stilwell

The Russians had Women’s ‘Battalions of Death’ in World War I

By Blake Stilwell

Communist Czechs had one recipe book to cook from

By Blake Stilwell

6 foreign films where the US military are definitely the bad guys

By Blake Stilwell

Watch how a soldier who survived an RPG in Iraq lives on after ten years

By Blake Stilwell

Sebastian Stan stars as US official who risked his career to honor a fallen hero in ‘The Last Full Measure’

By Shannon Corbeil

Why Mexico’s military deployed in the United States for the first time in 150 years

By Blake Stilwell

This is why Washington wasn’t relentlessly attacked by the Confederates

By Blake Stilwell

The worst cyber attack in DoD history came from a USB drive found in a parking lot

By Blake Stilwell

An actual giant served in the Civil War

By Dustin Damon

The hilarious real reason why the F-22 can’t be hacked

By Blake Stilwell

How Western Union helped the US enter World War I

By Blake Stilwell

The UK’s ‘Unknown Warrior’ lies among the most historic kings of Britain

By Blake Stilwell

A Navy captain was relieved for sinking a ship-killing German sub in 1942

By Blake Stilwell

Kentucky Colonels are real and they have nothing to do with chicken

By Blake Stilwell

The 4 most insane military tactics people actually used

By Blake Stilwell

This is how naval mines take down ships of war

By Blake Stilwell

These sports icons served during the Battle of the Bulge

The IRA created a massive propane tank cannon to fight the British

By Blake Stilwell

The crazy improvised gas mask used by World War I troops

By Blake Stilwell

Why US troops in World War I ditched the bayonet for the shovel

By Blake Stilwell

The 5 stupidest losses of the American Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

The last stand of 3/395: how one US Army battalion helped win the Battle of the Bulge

This B-17 survived one of the most infamous mid-air collisions of WW2

By Shannon Corbeil

This airman gave his life to rescue soldiers from a massive firefight

This hero-inspired beer should be on your radar (and in your hand) in 2020

By Dustin Damon

In 1866, 80 men went to war — this is why 81 came home

By Shannon Corbeil

4 Union generals that were better than any of the ‘famous’ ones

By Blake Stilwell

This was the most fearsome army in the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

5 little-known times aggressors picked fights with the wrong enemy

By Blake Stilwell

The longest-held Vietnam POW was missing for 8 years

By Blake Stilwell

This old fort is supposedly haunted by a condemned Confederate bride

By Shannon Corbeil

Uncle Sam is a real guy and his poster is a self-portrait

By Blake Stilwell

This Army Special Forces veteran was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times

By Blake Stilwell

California once used children to fight a war on squirrels

By Blake Stilwell

How Dutch intelligence agents fooled Communists for almost 40 years

By Blake Stilwell

6 absolute BAMFs who saved lives in Vietnam War

Sitting down with the author of Task Force Baum, a dramatic retelling of an ill-fated rescue mission during World War II

By Christopher Otero

1917 is a war film crafted with military precision

By August Dannehl

Shia hits the fan: Understanding Iran’s role in the Middle East

The Space Force can learn from this NASA spacecraft mutiny

By Shannon Corbeil

6 Air Force pararescuemen who risked it all ‘that others may live’

Unleash the hounds: Spartan warrior dogs

By Tessa Robinson

How an Air Force veteran started the Make-A-Wish Foundation

By Tessa Robinson

Watch how this vet made $700,000 on his deployment gift to himself

By Tessa Robinson

A Purple Heart was donated — can you help find its owner?

By Tessa Robinson

This Navy diver lost his leg, but not his spirit

WATCH: NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace skydived into the Daytona 500 with the Air Force

Don’t ask permission, ask forgiveness: The USMC pilot who “borrowed” a helo to end a sniper situation has died

75th Anniversary: 10 things you don’t know about the Battle of Iwo Jima

One of Pearl Harbor’s last survivors dies at age 97

MilSpouse and NASA’s last living ‘Hidden Figure,’ Katherine Johnson, dies at 101

By Tessa Robinson

WATCH: One of the last living Marines from Iwo Jima shares his story with WATM

By Jessica Manfre

Breaking: Air Force veteran and host of Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton, dead at 93

By Tessa Robinson

She was one of the first female generals, but her legacy is in telling other women’s stories

By Amanda Huffman