History (Page 79)

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

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The best American tank of World War II rarely saw combat

By Harold C. Hutchison

Thieves drained the bank account of the US’ oldest living veteran

By Blake Stilwell

Why one-third of the US thinks a second Civil War is coming

By Blake Stilwell

This is the flower that marked a German soldier as being elite

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The Aardvark was a nuclear-capable supersonic beast

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why you can’t climb the arm of the Statue of Liberty anymore

By Blake Stilwell

The ‘Duck’ was just a truck inside a boat hull – but it worked

By Harold C. Hutchison

The history of the ‘Dead March’ played before military executions

By Blake Stilwell

That time engineers at China Lake MacGyvered a laser-guided missile

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the Expert Field Medical Badge is one of the most difficult to earn

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Peashooter was actually the most advanced fighter of its time

By Harold C. Hutchison

The GOER Truck was a multipurpose vehicle ahead of its time

By Harold C. Hutchison

This American President started his day in the most veteran way possible

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Here’s the gear an average soldier carried in the Civil War

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time the US and North Korea teamed up to fight Somali pirates

By Blake Stilwell

This was the Army’s fixed-wing recon plane

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 incredible facts about ‘Flying the Hump’ in World War II

By Blake Stilwell

Helen Patton honored her grandfather’s legacy—and the Army Airborne—with the ‘Remembrance Bowl’

By Eric Milzarski

These are the designations for the Navy’s marine mammals

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 ships and planes the Navy could hand down to the Coast Guard

By Harold C. Hutchison

A day in the life of a Vietnam War chopper pilot

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 things you didn’t know about the Battle of Midway

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time Chile used a US Navy hand-me-down to bail out Canada

By Harold C. Hutchison

This small boat was crucial to D-Day’s success

By Harold C. Hutchison

6 misconceptions about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinels

By Eric Milzarski

The British ate President Madison’s dinner before they burned the White House

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The destroyer that took on WWII kamikazes is coming to the big screen

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why Navy SEALs will storm the beaches of Normandy in 2018

By Blake Stilwell

Germany and Italy also had midget subs in World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revolutionary War

This was the “Hercules of the American Revolution”

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How the Marines’ hero of Guadalcanal died at Iwo Jima

By Explore The Archive

Relatives of Hamilton and Burr fought the famous duel 200 years later

By Blake Stilwell

This German general told Hitler off in the most satisfying way ever

By Tim Kirkpatrick

These Jewish assassins targeted former Nazis to avenge the Holocaust

By Blake Stilwell

How this World War II icon measures up to the Humvee

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why airmen call Chief Master Sergeant Wright ‘Enlisted Jesus’

4 outstanding things you didn’t know about Sgt. York

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Greyhound packed some serious firepower

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here is how the Allies planned to evacuate wounded before D-Day

By Harold C. Hutchison

These armored M1s were nothing like the Abrams

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is the real Sgt. Pepper from the Beatles album cover

By Blake Stilwell

This Civil War veteran served all the way through World War I

By Blake Stilwell

How the Thud dominated the enemy in the air and on land

By Harold C. Hutchison

The hilarious way an Israeli spy convinced Syria to help Israel

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s how the angled deck made carriers deadlier

By Harold C. Hutchison

Landing planes on carriers in World War II took a lot of help

By Harold C. Hutchison

How Japan was suckered into revealing Midway was a target

By Harold C. Hutchison

Afghanistan War

How Prince Harry’s military career makes him a hardcore noble

By Eric Milzarski

Watch a young Chuck Yeager test fly a stolen MiG-15

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here’s how the Army introduced the Bradley

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revolutionary War

The earliest-born American to be photographed is also a veteran

By Blake Stilwell

The United States used combat hovercraft to kick butt in Vietnam

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the Veteran’s Day parade may be the big day for Pinks & Greens

By Eric Milzarski

‘Dr. Death’ discovered how to use blood from corpses in wounded troops

By Blake Stilwell

The Air Force just switched to the Army OCP uniform

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why submachine guns fell out of favor with the US military

By Eric Milzarski

America’s oldest veteran gives you the secrets to life at 112

By Blake Stilwell

4 things you didn’t know about the war epic ‘Saving Private Ryan’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is how insanely specific WWI fighter planes had to be

By Eric Milzarski

Here’s how air crews learned to navigate in World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

Watch these Marines survive the famous helo dunker blindfolded

By Tim Kirkpatrick

5 things you didn’t know about firing squads

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Here’s how America prepared for chemical warfare in World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

This speedy missile gave bombers a lot of punch

By Harold C. Hutchison