History (Page 84)

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

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How Marines used a 3D printer and a little ‘grunt ingenuity’ to make gadgets that help them in combat

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time Americans demanded the Coast Guard rescue the cast of Gilligan’s Island

By Blake Stilwell

Navy fires fleet commander after string of ship collisions

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why the Navy SEAL swim challenge is not for just anyone

By Tim Kirkpatrick

6 strange military disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle

By Eric Milzarski

Microsoft’s co-founder just helped find this long-lost Navy cruiser

This is how JTACs stay sharp

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is how it could go down if China and India went to war

By Blake Stilwell

That time the US collected Soviet radar technology via the moon

These are the 7 articles of the French Foreign Legion’s Code of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

The ‘Nightfighters’ attacked Nazis with empty rifles and grenades

This is what made ancient Roman gladiators so fierce

By Tim Kirkpatrick

These 4 Gurkha stories will make you want to forge your own kukri knife

By Blake Stilwell

This was America’s first anti-aircraft cruiser

By Harold C. Hutchison

Watch the Coast Guard rescue this downed Navy pilot

By Blake Stilwell

Watch this Marine gunner desperately try to destroy his pack

The insane military legacy of the Roosevelts

These are the events that led to the ‘Miracle at Dunkirk’

This is how to fly the plane that killed Yamamoto

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here’s what you didn’t know about the Queen’s Guards

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is the legend of the Knights of the Round Table

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The ‘Papasha’ is the daddy of Soviet submachine guns

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How cutters are sinking the Coast Guard — and what to do about it

By Harold C. Hutchison

These were the real-life Wonder Women who fought in the world’s bitterest wars

By Breach, Bang, Clear

This is how Stalingrad’s most epic sniper duel ended

By Tim Kirkpatrick

America’s first ‘top secret’ Medal of Honor went to a Nisei fighting in Korea

By James Elphick

This is the true story of the pier master at Dunkirk

This is the rifle Vasily Zaytsev used to wage a one-man war in ‘Enemy at the Gates’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is the ‘greatest rifle ever made’ according to R. Lee Ermey

By Eric Milzarski

Afghanistan War

3 reasons why the Afghan army uniform may not have been a big waste of money

By Christian Lowe

What would happen if the Battle of Little Bighorn was fought today

These were the US military’s Cold War black ops nuclear hit squads

These Coasties were tougher than your first sergeant

How these few Marines held the line at the Chosin Reservoir

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time a bugler led the charge by scaling the walls of Peking

By James Elphick

This special instinct can help troops survive an ambush

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The first flying Scorpion carried nuclear rockets

By Harold C. Hutchison

3 stories you won’t see in the Dunkirk movie

By James Elphick

This is why Cossacks are Russia’s legendary fighting force

By Blake Stilwell

A Ranger describes what being a ‘towed jumper’ is actually like

Green Beret describes harrowing tank attack during Battle of Ben Het

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revolutionary War

This is how piracy became totally legal during wartime

By Blake Stilwell

4 things you may not know about USS Constitution

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why there are no urinals on the Navy’s newest supercarrier

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time Chick-Fil-A sent deployed troops a care package

By Harold C. Hutchison

These ISIS-fighting women are getting an Amazon Studios film

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why ‘Hue 1968’ is ‘Black Hawk Down’ for the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

This is the Dunkirk hero who deserted then changed his name to rejoin the army

By Blake Stilwell

This is why ‘peaceful nukes’ ended in utter disappointment

By Eric Milzarski

4 Asian-American heroes you should know about

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The last soldier killed in WWI died one minute before the war ended

By Blake Stilwell

Here is how aerial gunners were trained to fight their way past the Luftwaffe

By Harold C. Hutchison

This insane cavalry charge inspired Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”

By Eric Milzarski

7 mysteriously missing body parts of military leaders

By Blake Stilwell

This intense first-person video shows how dangerous life was in the trenches of WWI

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is how the first Asian-American Marine officer saved 8,000 men

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This generous billionaire dedicated his life to taking care of the military and their families

By Blake Stilwell

Here is a look at the 16-inch turrets on a battleship

By Harold C. Hutchison

How and why the Stryker would be the ultimate pillbox at Verdun

By Harold C. Hutchison

These high-speed German cops still wear armor from the Middle Ages

America says goodby to its first hispanic Navy admiral, Diego Hernandez

By Harold C. Hutchison

The US military’s actual plan for a moon base

The first ‘Memphis Belle’ was actually shot down before it completed 25 missions

By Harold C. Hutchison

This Warthog pilot will receive the Silver Star 14 years after saving troops in battle

By Harold C. Hutchison