History (Page 95)

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

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The story of the last American to die in World War II

By Paul Szoldra

The most iconic World War II planes

The 5 military laws that nearly everyone breaks

Amazing WWII photographs you’ve never seen before

This was the US Navy’s cutting-edge stealth ship

World War II ended 70 years ago — here’s the planned US invasion of Japan that never happened

Every Coast Guard officer begins their career on this former Nazi sailing vessel

These Marines lowered the flag at the US Embassy in Cuba 54 years ago. Now they’ll raise it again.

By Paul Szoldra

That time the Nazis invaded the US in 1942

‘107 feet of fire-breathing titanium’: A US Air Force major describes flying the fastest plane in history

Afghanistan War

The Taliban surrendered after hearing this female airman’s voice (and getting hit with high explosives)

You can buy the home of legendary Marine Gen. ‘Chesty’ Puller

By Paul Szoldra

This botched air strike on Lebanon changed Naval Aviation forever

By Ward Carroll

This recent HBO documentary shows previously-unseen footage from the Holocaust

By Blake Stilwell

8 troops who kept fighting after they were wounded

This 85-year-old Special Forces legend has one of the most badass military resumes we’ve ever seen

By Paul Szoldra

This World War II hero was shot multiple times and still managed to destroy three machine gun nests

Afghanistan War

The most important battlefield innovation is not a weapon

Here’s how US Marines evacuate an American Embassy

Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains what most people get wrong about Navy SEALs

Here’s how Navy SEALs take down a hostile ship

By Ward Carroll

10 food favorites invented by the US military

Anastacia Marx de Salcedo, Military.com

The crazy story of how Russia snuck a vast nuclear arsenal onto America’s doorstep

Meet the rebel kids who danced in defiance of the Nazis

The 4 most amazing escapes in military history

7 kids who joined (even commanded) military units for a day

Here’s why Japan doesn’t hate the US after dropping the bomb (twice)

By Orvelin Valle

4 military disguises that were just crazy enough to actually work

The longest wars in history

The 13 best examples of technology civilians got from the military

The B-17 Flying Fortress debuted exactly 80 years ago — here’s its legacy

The Pentagon wants armed citizens to stop standing outside of recruiting centers

By Paul Szoldra

The CIA built a secret and groundbreaking mobile text messaging system in the late 1970s

Here’s what would happen if every US state declared war on each other

This crazy-looking scooter can actually blow up a tank

The 5 most bizarre weapons of World War II

4 military fails so awful they’re actually hilarious

10 things you didn’t know about Hitler

By Orvelin Valle

11 military propaganda posters that are surprisingly convincing

By Orvelin Valle

27 unsung WWII heroes most people have never heard of

John McCain describes what it was like to be a war prisoner in Vietnam

Which US President was the greatest military leader?

A Marine explains why people love the film ‘Full Metal Jacket’ so much

These are the military’s jaw-dropping propaganda posters against WWII soldiers’ real enemy: STDs

This ill-fated PR flight kept the Valkyrie from changing Air Force history

By Ward Carroll

Hollywood may shoot a movie on the fight for Fallujah — written by an Army vet

Marine veteran chokes the hell out of a guy trying to rob a gas station

By Paul Szoldra

The top 5 things to see at the US Air Force Museum

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s what it looks like when paratroopers jump out of a helicopter

By Paul Szoldra

Afghanistan War

These wounded Marines hunted the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now they hunt child predators online.

The tragically powerful story behind the lone German who refused to give Hitler the Nazi salute

That time when nuclear weapons were at your local airport

This man is the only US Coast Guard recipient of the Medal of Honor

Why George Takei loves the country that betrayed him

By Blake Stilwell

This Vietnam-era wounded warrior heads ‘the most unique memorial ever built’

By Blake Stilwell

9 times when cartoons were used to spread military propaganda

Legendary WWII Gen. Carl Spaatz offered great advice to military leaders — and it still rings true today

By Blake Stilwell

Project goes into the woods with ‘off the grid’ veterans

By Blake Stilwell

The most famous Green Berets in history

13 professional baseball players who became war heroes

Mr. T’s military career is more awesome than you imagined

A new Civil War film tells the true story of the southerner who seceded from the Confederacy

By Paul Szoldra

A book published in 513 B.C. predicted exactly how the Vietnam War would play out

By Orvelin Valle

Watch a C-130 pilot’s terrifying view of a combat landing

By Paul Szoldra