History (Page 94)

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

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How bad weather mixed with bad planning resulted in the Civil War’s ‘Mud March’

By Stephen Carlson

This Civil War guerilla sought revenge by sniping over 100 Union soldiers

This video shows why quadruple-amputee Travis Mills is an inspiration to all

By Paul Szoldra

5 bad luck military events that happened on Friday the 13th

By Blake Stilwell

This Marine made history’s 5th longest sniper kill with a machine gun

A brief history of the Berlin Wall, “the monument to Communist failure”

By Blake Stilwell

History’s 6 greatest sniper duels

Meet the sailor who served with the Axis and the Allies and survived three sinking ships

By Blake Stilwell

This Army unit uses Mickey Mouse in its logo — and Disney is totally cool with it

Here’s why the Air Force’s B-52 has only gotten better with age

By Orvelin Valle

These massive submarines were actually stealthy aircraft carriers

The Navy once delivered mail for the Post Office — via missile

By Blake Stilwell

Top 10 craziest plans the Nazis had for world domination

By Orvelin Valle

World War III nearly started when the Soviet premier was banned from Disneyland

How the Russians captured an American jet in the Korean War

One of history’s longest sniper kills happened during the Civil War

Shopping malls were created with nuclear war in mind

9 steps to getting a soldier into (and out of) a war zone

Watch this year’s Marine Corps birthday message celebrating 240 years of service

By Paul Szoldra

Adolf Hitler had a British nephew who joined the Navy during WWII

Marine Corps finally adopts the M4 as its main rifle

Afghanistan War

‘Kilo Two Bravo’ tells the harrowing true story of soldiers trapped in an Afghan minefield

Afghanistan War

Porn, cowboys and other things Osama Bin Laden obsessed over

By Orvelin Valle

The implausible Nazi plan to invade the American mainland

By Paul Szoldra

Pentagon releases name of Delta Force soldier killed by ISIS in Iraq

By Paul Szoldra

Afghanistan War

This combat footage shows Special Forces raiding a terrorist compound

By Orvelin Valle

American soldier killed in Iraq while rescuing more than 70 ISIS hostages

By Paul Szoldra

The Russian military officer who ‘saved the world’ from nuclear armageddon in 1983

By Paul Szoldra

5 weapons designed for just one target each

Afghanistan War

Fast-mover hit by enemy ground fire over Afghanistan

By Ward Carroll

Project Orion: The space engine powered by nuclear weapons

By Blake Stilwell

8 American military legends who were honored as foreign knights

The US Air Force really did try to suppress an amazing A-10 video

By Blake Stilwell

Meet the Marine sniper who killed 32 insurgents in 13 days

By Orvelin Valle

Inside the Army’s secret Cold War ice base

By Military.com

7 times the US almost stumbled into war with Russia

Here’s what happened when this Marine refused to go to war

By Blake Stilwell

The first black fighter pilot was also an infantry hero and a spy

Afghanistan War

This video shows the adrenaline rush soldiers feel after being shot at

By Orvelin Valle

This Medal of Honor recipient was a convicted deserter

The fascinating story behind the military’s use of the 21-gun salute

A first-hand look at how Army National Guard helicopter crews fight massive forest fires

That time a group of officers got drunk and trashed Naval Aviation’s culture forever

By Ward Carroll

A brief history of coffee in the US military

By Blake Stilwell

Meet the Marine general who allegedly stopped a US government takeover

By Blake Stilwell

The story of Wojtek: The 440-pound bear that drank, smoked, and carried weapons for the Polish army during World War II

The best World War II anime series

This Army private is to blame for military cadence calls

These women served by serving booze to soldiers in battle

By Blake Stilwell

Meet the US military veterans fighting ISIS

By Blake Stilwell

4 urban myths with military roots

By Blake Stilwell

Hitler had a secret plan to take over Britain — and his generals thought it was idiotic

By Paul Szoldra

Here’s what would happen if modern Marines battled the Roman Empire

This sniper is credited with over 500 kills

By Orvelin Valle

Air Force Pararescue Jumper reunites with girl he saved after Hurricane Katrina

By Blake Stilwell

The most powerful American militia groups throughout history

The 9 most devastating nuclear weapons in the world

The cover story that helped the CIA pull off one of the Cold War’s most epic heists

By Paul Szoldra

‘The best kept secret in the Navy’ — The elite boat commandos supporting Navy SEALs

By Paul Szoldra

17 insane Russian military inventions

History’s most dangerous humanitarian mission: When Allied pilots dropped food into Nazi occupied territory

The oldest living female World War II veteran just turned 108

10 ways Ernest Hemingway was a next-level American warrior

By Blake Stilwell

That time a US Navy aircraft carrier was shut down by a race riot

By Ward Carroll