History (Page 76)

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

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

By Amanda Huffman

Female Marine combat photographer paves the way

By Jessica Manfre

Three decades later: Was the Gulf War worth it?

By Jessica Manfre

The evolution of women’s service in the military

World War II secret code breaker finds life’s purpose in a drawer

By Jessica Manfre

Celebrate Air Force veteran Chuck Norris’ 80th birthday with these 20 unbeatable facts

This Vietnam veteran saved thousands of lives on 9/11

The story of Atos, a heroic K9 killed in action

By Jessica Manfre

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard details the importance of the service to the nation

By Jessica Manfre

Unguarded: The raw truth of CPT Florent Groberg’s unexpected bravery

By Marla Bautista

Welcoming home Vietnam War veterans 45 years later

5 memorable Vietnam Veterans

By Bethaney Phillips

5 things you didn’t know about the Pony Express

By Jessica Manfre

Ain’t no sunshine when he’s gone… a farewell to Navy veteran and soul singer Bill Withers

World War II battleship Wisconsin celebrates 76th birthday

By Jessica Manfre

This Iraq War veteran’s new novel, Empire City, answers the question, ‘What if we conquered Vietnam?’

By Chase Millsap

7 crazy facts to honor the AC-130U

By Zackry Colston

Chuck Yeager is an air combat ace, daredevil pilot, and hilarious on Twitter

The FBI released their files on Bigfoot

By Alex Hollings

40 years later, a documentary tells the story of Desert One: Delta Force’s ill-fated Operation Eagle Claw

This is why ‘General Butt Naked’ was the most feared warlord in Liberia

By Blake Stilwell

This jet was the one of Navy’s deadliest fighters — for its pilots

By Harold C. Hutchison

This one-man army was Britain’s classiest World War II veteran

By Blake Stilwell

This two-line order to Eisenhower defines modern leadership

This was the real-life, Civil War-era ‘Mulan’

By Blake Stilwell

Airships were surprisingly hard to shoot down in World War II

By Blake Stilwell

The Army found an M2 .50 caliber machine-gun still shooting perfectly after 90 years of service

This is why Iran’s Special Forces still wear US green berets

By Blake Stilwell

Army veteran & ‘Seinfeld’ actor Jerry Stiller dies at age 92

By Shannon Corbeil

How Prince Charles got all his medals without fighting in a war

By Blake Stilwell

The crazy Coast Guard rescue of an Air Force pilot in Vietnam

This Green Beret’s heroism was so incredible that Ronald Reagan said it was hard to believe

Afghanistan War

7 unexpected downsides to deploying to a combat zone

By Eric Milzarski

How a change in warfare set men’s style for almost 100 years

By Blake Stilwell

These Australian special operators haunted the enemy in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

6 reasons why being a medieval knight would have sucked

By Eric Milzarski

The revolutionary fuse that won World War II

A single US Merchant Marine ship rescued 14,000 in the Korean War

By Blake Stilwell

A Marine left for dead was resurrected at the end of the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

This is the Coast Guard’s hardcore equivalent to the Navy SEALs

By Eric Milzarski

Teddy Roosevelt IV became a Navy SEAL to fight in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

This Civil War vet was the real hero of the O.K. Corral shootout

By Eric Milzarski

That time when Green Berets who avenged 9/11 on horseback recreated this legendary WWII jump

By Blake Stilwell

This admiral might be the bluest falcon that ever lived

Medal of Honor recipient Ronald Shurer dies at 41, remembered for how he lived

By Jessica Manfre

6 simple reasons the Union won the Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

This Pacific battle was the worst 37 minutes in US Navy history

This is the truth behind the creepy Philadelphia Experiment

By Shannon Corbeil

Interview with HISTORY’s Garry Adelman: ‘GRANT’ 3-night miniseries event starting Memorial Day

How a Vietnam War PJ joined the crew of ‘The Last Full Measure’

By Shannon Corbeil

Mighty Stories: Remembering my big, bad Green Beret, SSG Michael H. Simpson

By Humans on the Homefront

The complete hater’s guide to the US Coast Guard

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

The M1A1 Abrams is a beast, but these tanks are monsters

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Why the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs drank from a fountain in France

By Blake Stilwell

Meet Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer (and the reason you have an iPhone)

By Shannon Corbeil

The first and only female Buffalo Soldier joined the Army disguised as a man

By Jacqlyn Cope

4 things you should know about the Tuskegee Airmen

A WW1 explosion in Belgium was so big that it was heard in London

The unsung African-American heroes of D-Day

By Miguel Ortiz

This must-read essay explains the military’s discomfort with ‘Thank you for your service’

Afghanistan War

Why the Supreme Court’s ruling on burn pits will have catastrophic effects

By Eric Milzarski

The ex-slave who disguised herself as a man to enlist

By Miguel Ortiz

This is how early World War II cluster bombs worked

By Harold C. Hutchison

All Green Berets are inspiring. Here are 5 of the best

By Caroline Suber