History (Page 95)

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

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The A-10 ‘sparks panic’ in ISIS fighters, so why does the Air Force want to kill it?

By Blake Stilwell

This is what the Air Force thought nuclear war would look like in 1960

This secret World War II raid kept the Germans from getting nukes

That time when Americans and Germans fought together during World War II

By Paul Szoldra

This beauty queen became a top-tier spy in World War II

These five countries fought a war that was literally over bird sh-t

5 crimes involving a lot of troops that were forgiven by the United States

By Blake Stilwell

This one South Carolina county raised 4 Medal of Honor recipients

Inside the USS New York — the ship built with steel from the World Trade Center

By Orvelin Valle

The Special Forces who avenged 9/11 on horseback

By Blake Stilwell

How 9/11 unfolded, through the eyes of the pilot of Air Force One

By Paul Szoldra

This Israeli special ops vet was the first to fall on 9/11

This WWII tank crew laid waste and inspired the movie ‘Fury’

The awesome A-10 video the Air Force doesn’t want you to see

By Blake Stilwell

These artists create awesome vintage-style military posters

By Blake Stilwell

6 chaplains who became heroes — without ever carrying a weapon

How this letter from a genius pacifist inspired the US to build the most powerful weapon known to man

How a band of locals helped American Rangers save 500 prisoners of war

Afghanistan War

This reporter covered war up close before he was murdered by ISIS

By Orvelin Valle

The ambitious US Air Force plan to make a flying aircraft carrier

By Paul Szoldra

The 5 craziest ideas the British had for battling German subs

Looks like the A-10 will battle the F-35 for CAS dominance after all

By Blake Stilwell

5 American generals buried in more than one place

The first ‘battle’ of World War II was a Nazi war crime

By Paul Szoldra

Every surface ship in the Chinese navy, in one chart

This American comedy legend defused land mines in World War II

By Paul Szoldra

The Japanese army had a ‘kill 100 people with a sword’ contest in 1937

That time the Nazis built a gigantic plane that could haul 95,000 pounds of gear

By Paul Szoldra

The most famous battles fought by Gen. George Patton

That time Nixon wanted commies to think he was crazy enough to nuke them

By Blake Stilwell

32 times when the US military screwed up with nukes

By Blake Stilwell

A ‘ghost train’ lost in World War II with 300 tons of gold may have been found

America’s first fighter jet was designed before Pearl Harbor — but the Army rejected it

This horse racing track used to be a WWII Japanese Internment Camp

By Blake Stilwell

Every American war summed up in a sentence

6 of the wildest top secret spy missions of World War II

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