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ferdinand assassination

This is why everything about history’s most infamous assassination was dumb

By Eric Milzarski

confederate spy

Meet the prolific Confederate spy dubbed the ‘siren of the South’

wars shape modern medicine

How World War II changed modern medicine

By Bethaney Phillips

confederate treasure

The lore of the “lost Confederate treasure”

By Bethaney Phillips

This small island in the Pacific changed the course of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

This is how the real McCoy smuggled rum during prohibition

The Maxim Gun’s devastating firepower changed warfare forever

royal navy bismark

Today in military history: Royal Navy takes down the Bismarck to avenge their flagship

second korean war

What do you know about the second Korean War?

nuclear explosion

This nuclear explosion was nearly 3 times the size anyone predicted

north vietnamese

The phenomenon of North Vietnamese laughing soldiers

By Bethaney Phillips

Revolutionary War

The Maryland 400: Revolutionary War meets Spartan ‘300’

operation solomon

Operation Solomon: A heroic airlift that changed lives

By Jessica Evans

battle at kiska and attu

This forgotten WWII battle shows even a lucky break can be costly

By Harold C. Hutchison

worst maritime disaster civil war

This Civil War soldier survived the worst maritime disaster in US history

By Miguel Ortiz

The absolutely unhinged British ‘White Rabbit’ terror tank of WWI

royal fleet warship

Today in military history: Germany sinks the flagship of the Royal Fleet

Rules to Beards

These are the rules NATO allies have about growing beards

By Eric Milzarski

currahee mountain

How you can run up the famed Currahee Mountain from ‘Band of Brothers’

By Miguel Ortiz

The Navy had hybrid fighter jets during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

A British mad scientist developed a way to trigger earthquakes in World War II

This is the story behind the Red Army’s most iconic WWII photo

By Blake Stilwell

female test pilot

Nazi Germany’s greatest test pilot was a Jewish woman

These pilots became aces in a single day during WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

famous buildings in combat

These famous buildings are the luckiest to survive combat throughout history

cold war events

Walking on the grass and 4 other things that almost made the US lose the Cold War

By Uncle Walkie

black medal of honor recipients

These 8 Black-American heroes received Medals of Honor decades later

A black and white side view of a naval destroyer escort ship with the hull number DE635 visible near the bow. The ship has multiple gun turrets, a tall mast with an American flag, and various antennas and equipment on the deck. The ship is sailing on calm water with a clear sky in the background.

The USS England was a Japanese sub’s worst nightmare during World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

trench broom weapon

This awesome ‘trench broom’ terrified Germans in both World Wars

Britain’s V bombers and Blue Steel missiles were beasts

Afghanistan War

Operation Whalers was the Marine Corps’ payback after Operation Red Wings

By Miguel Ortiz

silver star women

These 6 women earned the Silver Star for valor in war

By Harold C. Hutchison

bicycle brigade

The last charge of the bicycle brigade

pancakes japanese wwii

That time pancakes helped fight the Japanese in WWII

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is what it took to be a U-boat ace in WWII

By Harold C. Hutchison

A black-and-white portrait of a man in a military uniform and cap is inset within a red circular border. In the background, there are four lit red candles on a wooden surface. In the foreground, a Soviet military star medal with a soldier emblem and Cyrillic text is placed next to a black and orange striped ribbon, known as the Ribbon of Saint George. The setting has a somber and commemorative atmosphere.

How a Marine single-handedly fought off an entire Japanese regiment at Guadalcanal

p-47 thunderbolt

Thunderbolts and Typhoons: Allied answer to the German Panzers of WWII

atomic cannon test

The Atomic Cannon was a thing during the Cold War

By Orvelin Valle

Did you know that WWI began among cousins?

By Bethaney Phillips

Battle of Alamance main

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Battle of Alamance preludes Revolutionary War

Why was Germany blamed for World War I?

This is why Germany gets blamed for starting World War I

By Blake Stilwell

navy flying boat

The Navy’s first air-to-air kill of WWII wasn’t scored by a fighter

By Miguel Ortiz

bataan death march

This POW led over 3,000 guerrillas after escaping the Bataan Death March

How brave World War II-era pilots flew the now-classic C-47

By Harold C. Hutchison

civil war artillery

How the Civil War revolutionized artillery

That time a dangling paratrooper was rescued by open-top biplane

stalingrad battle

Watch this rare footage from the Battle of Stalingrad

By Tim Kirkpatrick

mabry trench knife

This commander cleared a minefield with his trench knife to save his men

ancient warriors

How ancient warriors fought wars

By Jessica Evans

cuban missile crisis

Important events during the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Bethaney Phillips

cockleshell heroes

The daring operation of the legendary Cockleshell heroes

By Jessica Evans

4 eerily accurate things the OSS predicted about Hitler during WWII

A historical painting depicting four men in 18th-century attire, three seated and one standing. The seated men wear powdered wigs and formal coats, with one holding a rolled document. The standing man also holds a rolled document. The background features a draped green curtain and a partially visible architectural element. The right side of the painting is unfinished or faded, leaving a large blank space.

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Treaty of Paris formally ends Revolutionary War

The World War II commander who helped John Wayne make an iconic war movie

The World War II commander who helped John Wayne make an iconic war movie

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why the UH-1 Huey became a symbol of the Vietnam War

This is why the UH-1 Huey became a symbol of the Vietnam War

By Harold C. Hutchison

See what it was like to fight in a WWII Sherman tank

See what it was like to fight in a WWII Sherman tank

us war on mexico

Today in military history: US declares war on Mexico

spies took out rainbow warrior

5 spies that creatively destroyed the enemy

Winston Churchill

Today in military history: Winston Churchill becomes prime minister as Germany invades

That time a British pilot deflected a flying bomb with his wing

fuzzy wuzzy angels new guinea

The ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel’ natives of New Guinea never gave up on Allied soldiers

Tomoya Kawakita treason

The last American convicted of treason served Japan during World War II

The barely successful inventor who pioneered repeating rifles

The barely successful inventor who pioneered repeating rifles

James Bond is based on Ian Fleming’s real-world experiences in World War II

James Bond is based on Ian Fleming’s real-world experiences in World War II

By James Elphick