History (Page 9)

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

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‘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

8 presidents who actually saw combat in a big way

By Blake Stilwell

This airman saved 23 wounded troops during an insider attack

‘Kilroy Was Here’ was the World War II-era viral meme

By Blake Stilwell

This World War II veteran played a song for the sniper trying to kill him

By Blake Stilwell

The career of Mike Vining, the internet’s most badass military meme

By Blake Stilwell

How a volcano in Indonesia helped Napoleon get wrecked at Waterloo

Modern dishes anyone can make using Civil War foods

By Blake Stilwell

Imperial Germany’s turn-of-the-century plan to invade the United States

By Blake Stilwell

Naval officer and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dies at 97

By Miguel Ortiz

Desert Shield at 35: Why the Gulf War Still Matters

By Robert Billard

Why the Marine Corps only uses six body bearers for funeral ceremonies

By Blake Stilwell

One of Rome’s greatest badasses is a general you’ve never heard of

By Robert Billard

How ‘Hail to the Chief’ became the Presidential entrance music

By Blake Stilwell

Genghis Khan killed so many people it was good for the environment

By Blake Stilwell

12 surprising facts about the War of 1812

By Blake Stilwell

‘Atomic Echoes’ follows the stories of atomic bomb survivors 80 years after World War II

By Shannon Corbeil

Remembering the time Hulk Hogan won the Gulf War (after it ended)

How the US Air Force handled its first-ever ‘Broken Arrow’

By Friedrich Seiltgen

D-Day veteran and beloved TikTok star Papa Jake Larson dies at 102

By Miguel Ortiz

5 Reasons why a national cemetery belongs on your summer road trip itinerary

By Daniella Horne

Harrowing photos show one B-17 bombing another B-17 in combat

The 9 worst creations Americans called food during World War II

By Blake Stilwell

‘The Babyface Gunner’ took one of World War II’s most dangerous jobs at age 14

By Friedrich Seiltgen

These robot bombs and remote-control tanks almost made it to combat

By Bethaney Phillips

Why Cold War NASA had 4 armored personnel carriers

German sabotage actually damaged the Statue of Liberty during World War I

By Miguel Ortiz

27 must see FBI photos of the Pentagon on 9/11

By Blake Stilwell

The US military used compressed air for vaccines for 30 years

By Blake Stilwell

This look inside the B-2 Bomber is so detailed it should be classified

By Warrior Scout

Vietnam veteran and billionaire founder of FedEx Frederick W. Smith dies at 80

These military spouses were unsung heroes of American history

By Bethaney Phillips

Everything you need to know about attending the Army’s 250th birthday celebration

By Miguel Ortiz

Celebrate the heroes of D-Day with these unique World War II-era 48-star flags

By Blake Stilwell

Alfred Dreyfus, unjustly convicted of treason, gets redemption after 130 years

By Blake Stilwell

Here are the untold perils of renaming a vessel

By Blake Stilwell

USAA’s Poppy Wall of Honor returns to National Mall for 6th year to honor and remember fallen service members

By Tessa Robinson

The US ‘misplaced’ these nuclear weapons

By Bethaney Phillips

Ally Racing to honor fallen Vietnam veteran during Coca-Cola 600 with custom car

4 deadly weapons the military never made

By Bethaney Phillips

Roman gladiators fought lions for sport and there’s finally proof

By Blake Stilwell

Before Clive Cussler was a best-selling novelist, he served in the Korean War

First American pope, Pope Leo XIV, is the son of WWII Navy veteran

By Tessa Robinson

The first modern steel battleship to be sunk by gunfire was an Imperial Russian flagship

By Blake Stilwell

These everyday inventions came from failed military experiments

By Bethaney Phillips

The last C-130 out of Vietnam

By Miguel Ortiz

Remembering Green Beret Staff Sgt. Jeremie Border

By Jessica Manfre

The 16th century Chinese ‘astronaut’ with a dedicated crater on the moon

By Blake Stilwell

Why people claim Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first man in space – and why they’re wrong

By Blake Stilwell

How ‘The Fastest Man on Earth’ tested supersonic ejection seats on himself

By Blake Stilwell

Oklahoma City Bombing: Head FBI agent recalls terror attack 30 years later

By Miguel Ortiz

Peter Buck, Subway founder and nuclear physicist, worked on nuclear reactors for the US Navy

Medal of Honor Month: Major William Edward Adams

By Jessica Evans