History (Page 8)

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

Latest in History

These healers changed soldiers’ fates. Here’s how the war changed them.

By Alyssa Blakemore

‘The Few. The Proud’: The moments that made the Marines the Marines

The 12 most badass Marine Corps nicknames of all time

Fort Stevens: The Sentinel of the Columbia River

By Daniella Horne

5 ways World War II rationing changed the ways Americans cook and eat

By Bethaney Phillips

100-year-old Marine reunited with tank he drove on Iwo Jima

By Miguel Ortiz

This is how 12 other countries celebrate their version of Veterans Day

By Blake Stilwell

This Japanese fusion dish exists only because of the US military

The 5 best exotic weapons in history

By Adam Gramegna

Harriet Tubman was America’s first unconventional warfare commander

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Afghanistan War

The War on Terror’s iconic FN SCAR is dead

By Miguel Ortiz

The ‘Simple Sabotage Field Manual’ will make you question your coworkers’ loyalties

By Blake Stilwell

The first head of the VA was so corrupt, President Harding tried to kill him

By Blake Stilwell

Beretta’s Marine Corps 250th birthday shotgun is a vibe

By Miguel Ortiz

How trick-or-treating worked during World War II sugar rationing

By Bethaney Phillips

How Halloween changed while the United States was at war

By Bethaney Phillips

6 unappetizing ration recipes from World War II that you might actually like

By Bethaney Phillips

The A-10 training guide from the 1970s was a hilarious coloring book

By Blake Stilwell

The first ‘walkie-talkie’ saved thousands of Allied lives

6 urban legends about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

By Blake Stilwell

Official CIA documents reported that a UFO turned a Soviet infantry unit to stone

By Randall Stevens

The Fritz X radio-controlled glide bomb could punch through 28 inches of armor

By Friedrich Seiltgen

DNA science and public databases offer a new way to identify soldiers’ remains

This is how an AK-47 works

By Adam Gramegna

A Jewish ballerina started a riot while fighting for her life at Auschwitz

By Gina Napoletano

Afghanistan War

Operation Red Wings through the eyes of the Night Stalkers

Joshua Skovlund Coffee Or Die

The Gun Trucks of Vietnam: How US soldiers transformed cargo vehicles into fighting machines

Matt Fratus Coffee Or Die

‘Japan’s Pearl Harbor’ was the original target for US nukes

The CIA secretly created an undetectable ‘heart attack gun’

By Blake Stilwell

A secret Cold War unit was the basis for today’s special operations

By Blake Stilwell

The top US fighter ace of World War II Europe was almost rejected as a pilot twice

By Friedrich Seiltgen

Some US troops reportedly saw Bigfoot in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

US troops pretended to be vampires and ghosts to scare the hell out of communists

This Delta Force rescue was the first attack of Operation Just Cause

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 creepy ghost stories from the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

The US Navy unloaded on Iran in the most explosive surface battle since World War II

By Blake Stilwell

The Toronto Circus Riot saw clowns fight firefighters in a two-day battle royale

By Blake Stilwell

The Air Force legend who stole a Nazi plane received a massive funeral flyover

By Blake Stilwell

8 Expectations of military spouses that no longer exist

By Bethaney Phillips

The Army was more lethal when these 6 beards were in command

Everything you need to know about the Medals of Honor from Wounded Knee

By Randall Stevens

Robert E. Lee’s nephew got beaten by an all-Black brigade so bad he had to lie about it

By Samantha Dunne

Air Force veteran Sam Eckholm is focused on good military stories and stunning imagery

By Shannon Corbeil

The insane way Vlad the Impaler turned back an enemy army

By Blake Stilwell

5 Seldom-told tales about Air Force legends

By Blake Stilwell

B-52 tail gunners scored two kills in the last bombing campaign of the Vietnam War

By Friedrich Seiltgen

The CIA declassified these 11 Russian jokes about the Soviet Union

By Blake Stilwell

The most famous ‘war brides’ and how they served their country behind the scenes

By Bethaney Phillips

How a 70-year-old fireboat became a hero worthy of its namesake on 9/11

By Miguel Ortiz

This 9/11 memorial is closed to the public. Be thankful you can’t visit it.

By Miguel Ortiz

5 times armies fought battles against absolutely nobody

By Adam Gramegna

How the Department of War became the Department of Defense

By Blake Stilwell

‘The Battle of Palmdale:’ The Air Force’s most embarrassing dogfight

By Friedrich Seiltgen

How cribbage became the card game that rules the Navy’s Submarine Force

By Daniella Horne

Afghanistan War

Congressional legislation for Afghan allies could provide resolution of four-year battle for status, support

The 10 best generals of all time, determined by statistical analysis

By Blake Stilwell

Why the SR-71 Blackbird is the only aircraft with the SR designation

By Blake Stilwell

‘Psspsspss:’ American sailors enlisted a cat aboard a battleship during World War II

All the times pop culture predicted a World War III

By Bethaney Phillips

Donald McPherson, America’s last World War II fighter ace, dies at 103

By Miguel Ortiz

World War II airman Alan Magee survived a 22,000-foot fall without a parachute

By Friedrich Seiltgen

An unrepentant 95-year-old North Korean POW wants to walk back across the DMZ

By Blake Stilwell

9 troops who became heroes after they disobeyed orders

By Blake Stilwell

Russian nationalists want Alaska back, and they want Putin to take it by force