History (Page 91)

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

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Thousands of Irishmen deserted their military to fight Hitler

This Union general cheated death twice before the Civil War even started

By Frank Jastrzembski

The incredible history of the deadly Harpoon Missile System

By Orvelin Valle

This WWII vet inspired almost every comic strip in your Sunday funnies

By Blake Stilwell

Break out the rulers because the Marine Corps’ new tattoo policy is here

Here is the spectacular view from a U2 spy plane at 70,000 feet

By Orvelin Valle

Here’s how a little girl who lost her Marine dad taught the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff the full cost of war

By Ward Carroll

WW2 vet dies while visiting country from which he fought 71 years earlier

This is what a joint US Marine-Japanese training exercise looks like

By Blake Stilwell

This soldier caught her second wind as a model/actress after battling cancer

By August Dannehl

The insane Vietnam War adventures of legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock

By Orvelin Valle

This is how Osama bin Laden trained Somalis in the “Black Hawk Down” incident

By Blake Stilwell

That time a soldier used a payphone to call in artillery support during the invasion of Grenada

By Blake Stilwell

This stunning defeat is a point of pride for the French Foreign Legion

This Marine’s war journal grew into an HBO blockbuster series

By James Elphick

This why a soldier’s chow came in a can back in the day

Spanish-American War

These amazing Spanish-American War photos were found during a recent Navy office renovation

By Blake Stilwell

Hitler’s last gasp against the Soviets turned into an 8-day butcher fest

This Navy mom served on the homefront after losing all 5 sons in World War II

US intelligence before World War II was basically nonexistent

By James Elphick

There are achievers and then there’s this Marine astronaut, surgeon, and mathematician

By Blake Stilwell

This infographic shows how the machine gun revolutionized World War I combat

This epic British glider attack is getting the movie treatment it deserves

Oldest American WWII veteran dies at 110

By Janine Stange

Woman helping to put faces to names on Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial

By Janine Stange

This French general escaped an ‘inescapable’ Nazi prison

Here’s the amazing story of the famed “Flying Tigers”

By Stephen Carlson

The 30th woman to attempt Marines’ Infantry Officer Course is dropped

This female Marine says backlash against women in combat is due to ‘butt hurt’

By Blake Stilwell

The Coast Guard has awesome lasers the FDA won’t let them use

By Blake Stilwell

What happens in the pleasure squad, stays in the pleasure squad (with one exception)

By Orvelin Valle

A Navy carrier just broke the record for dropping bombs on ISIS

Revolutionary War

The first US troops to fight for America did it on this day in 1775

By Blake Stilwell

Timothy McVeigh’s rhetoric shows the path from soldier to terrorist

Revolutionary War

This is why Andrew Jackson gets our vote for ‘most badass American president’

By Orvelin Valle

The Navy’s investigation of the USS Iowa turret explosion was seriously bungled

How the sinking of Germany’s greatest battleship proved the value of naval aviation

By Stephen Carlson

This is the new body armor soldiers are getting in a few years

By Blake Stilwell

‘Terminal Lance’ creator talks about the Marine Corps and the future of his comic

By Orvelin Valle

This documentary alleges the US purchased its space program from Yugoslavia

By Blake Stilwell

This sub sank but came back to terrorize Japanese sailors in World War II

This slugfest was the longest battle America ever fought

Couple who met during World War II to wed after 70 years apart

By Janine Stange

This is how infantrymen learned about their weapons in World War II

How the “Little Groups of Paratroopers” became airborne legends

During World War 2 Americans thanked the troops by buying them warplanes

By James Elphick

This VA doctor pioneered modern heart surgery

By Blake Stilwell

The Nazi version of the Great Escape happened in the Arizona desert

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

The UK has ordered British special operators to stop ISIS in Libya

Navy vying to be the most inked service with new tattoo policy

This WWII vet fought kamikazes in history’s largest naval battle

By Blake Stilwell

The real ‘Batmen’ served during World War II

Here’s how the Cactus Air Force made all the difference at Guadalcanal

By James Elphick

The last US troops left Vietnam 43 years ago today

By Blake Stilwell

Watch the Coast Guard capture a sub stuffed with 6 tons of cocaine

9 amazing facts about General George Custer

By Ward Carroll

The ingenious Nazi belt buckle pistol that never made it very far

By Orvelin Valle

The Coast Guard’s “Homing Pigeon” saved 126 lives on D-Day

Yes, there is such a thing as militarized dolphins

By Business Insider

14 reasons Chuck Yeager may be the greatest military pilot of all time

By Blake Stilwell

The invasion of Iraq began 13 years ago

This was the most powerful explosion ever . . . by a lot

By Orvelin Valle

WWII ‘Ghost Army’ may be up for Congressional Gold Medal

By Tracy Woodward

CENTCOM dusts off Vietnam-era aircraft to fight ISIS

By Blake Stilwell