History (Page 93)

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

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This Army doctor made the Panama Canal possible by killing mosquitoes

This drummer boy was 12 years old when he became a Civil War hero

7 legends of the US Navy

These WW2 commandos marched over 1,000 miles fighting the Japanese and the jungle

By Stephen Carlson

These 5 dogs of war took it to America’s enemies

By Blake Stilwell

Everything you wanted to know about the KGB but were afraid to ask (because you would have been killed)

By Orvelin Valle

This ship survived 7 torpedos at Pearl Harbor and went on to help crush the Japanese

Nate Boyer climbing Kilimanjaro with wounded warrior to help thousands get clean water

By Blake Stilwell

World War I’s bloodiest front is one you’ve never heard of

By Stephen Carlson

These 8 TV characters would never survive in the real military

By Lucas Wesley Snipes

These 5 military leaders knew how to win wars and party hardy

This is how close America came to having nuclear powered rockets

7 military memorials that really get it right

This once-classified film was used to train American bomber pilots how to survive enemy flak

Here’s how the bazooka became Ike’s favorite weapon during World War II

Revolutionary War

Benedict Arnold’s crypt is now a kindergarten classroom

By Blake Stilwell

The iconic Jeep may see frontline combat again

11 legendary heroes of the US Marine Corps

These three dogs helped top leaders win World War II

By Ward Carroll

A Green Beret reported killed during the Vietnam War may have been found alive 44 years later

By Blake Stilwell

WWII-era female flyers are fighting for military burial honors (and you can help)

By Blake Stilwell

During World War II the NFL’s Eagles and Steelers merged into one team

By Blake Stilwell

10 legendary heroes of the US Air Force

By Blake Stilwell

The Air Force had giant robots in the 1960s

That time three Coasties walked a thousand miles in the snow to rescue trapped sailors

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

This Mapuche Warrior fought the Spanish with actual knife hands

By Blake Stilwell

The 12 most important places on an aircraft carrier, top to bottom

This WWII double agent earned highest honors from both sides

By Blake Stilwell

Popeye the Sailor Man was originally Popeye the Coast Guardsman

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s how the super tanks of World War II ultimately proved bigger isn’t always better

By Stephen Carlson

The first man to die in the Space Race cursed the USSR the whole way down

By Blake Stilwell

5 times criminals changed the course of wars

Watch actual footage from the first Apache strikes of Desert Storm

7 tales of heroism for cat people sick of all the military dog stories

By Blake Stilwell

The 9 day jobs of brutal dictators

By Blake Stilwell

9 key facts about World War II’s ‘most dangerous man’

By Stephen Carlson

This torpedo was WWII Japan’s other Kamikaze weapon

By Blake Stilwell

These Coast Guard special operators fight terrorists and secure American ports

The Army wants to see inside volunteers’ guts after weeks of an all-MRE diet

That time Japanese soldiers cannibalized US pilots in World War II

The US used this cartoon turtle to prepare kids for nuclear war

5 everyday items with military roots

By Blake Stilwell

5 resistance groups who tore apart their occupiers

NORAD tracking Santa on Christmas Eve started with a misprinted phone number

By Blake Stilwell

Here is a reminder why the coalition thought Saddam Hussein needed to go

By Orvelin Valle

The Royal Navy is using US troops to crew their ships, but this time we won’t go to war over it

By Blake Stilwell

Enlisted pilots will fly for the first time since World War II

By Blake Stilwell

This World War I hero wanted to recruit race car drivers to be fighter pilots

A few years ago the top YouTuber was a WWII vet telling stories

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

Listen to accused deserter Bowe Bergdahl tell his story publicly for the first time

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s how the Nazis helped Israel during the first wars against Arab states

8 invasions that failed horribly

Listen to the famed “Rebel Yell” as yelled by real Civil War rebels

This impostor was hanged for being the biggest Jody ever

By Blake Stilwell

This is the only flag allowed to fly above the Stars and Stripes

By Blake Stilwell

This sex cult used salad bars as a bioterrorism weapon against American voters

By Blake Stilwell

5 times the US military ripped victory from the jaws of defeat

Air Force fighters got wasted by Army attack helos in this combat experiment

By Blake Stilwell

That time those combat cameramen won an Oscar for covering the Battle of Tarawa

By Blake Stilwell

That time the Japanese made a last-ditch plan to spread the plague in Calfornia

By Stephen Carlson

The 5 most decorated troops in American history

This airman enlisted to be an accountant and instead became the first female ICBM maintainer

By Blake Stilwell

This video shows the awesomeness of the US Navy’s submarine force

By Orvelin Valle

This artist did a World War 2-Star Wars mashup and the result is intense

By Blake Stilwell