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f-4 phantoms rules of engagement vietnam

The rules of engagement problem that doomed pilots over Vietnam

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Afghanistan War

Operation Medusa: The Battle of Panjwaii

By Jessica Evans

zombie army ukraine

Russian official says the US is turning Ukrainians into a ‘gay zombie army’

Revolutionary War

One of the precursors to the Army Rangers was a Revolutionary War loyalist

japanese internment camps

Why FDR imprisoned 125,000 Japanese Americans on US soil

Today in military history: Geronimo surrenders

civil war veteran

The last Union combat veteran of the Civil War lived to see the Cold War

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This firebase was once the ‘evilest place in Afghanistan’

By James Elphick

Why Hitler hated red lipstick

By Shannon Corbeil

The British used a mini armored train during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

british commandos

These British commandos kidnapped a German general without firing a shot

By James Elphick

japan surrender

Today in military history: Japan surrenders in WWII

soviet union commercials

The Soviet Union produced commercials for products that never existed

5 civilian products adapted for military use

5 civilian products adapted for military use

By Miguel Ortiz

germany invades poland

Today in military history: Germany invades Poland

mount kenya pows

These POWs escaped to climb Mount Kenya

By Bethaney Phillips

WWI aviation event

WWI aviation came to life at this Kansas City event

By Jessica Evans

‘Warriors in their Own Words’ – How the Wild Weasels cleared enemy skies over Vietnam

By James Elphick

marines in vietnam

Beware of the 19-year-old pissed off Marine

By Orvelin Valle

What a Hiroshima resident saw the day the bomb dropped

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This was Germany’s only military operation in North America during World War II

This WWII Marine wrote the hit song ‘Route 66’

By Miguel Ortiz

This martial art was originally developed to beat up Nazis

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Belfort Ruse in WWI

You had to bet your life to graduate from the Vietnam-era Recondo school

By James Elphick

Women’s Defense Relief Corps

Today in military history: Women join British war effort

Everything you need to know about the Battle of Midway, the ‘turning point’ of WWII

Everything you need to know about the Battle of Midway, the ‘turning point’ of WWII

The entrance of the ‘White Death’ in WWII

By Jessica Evans

washing machine charlie

This is why Washing Machine Charlie is the most annoying enemy aircraft ever

That time an entire battle stopped to watch two soldiers in a fistfight

By Blake Stilwell

Why World War I zeppelins were harder to kill than you think

This is how General Patton built up his tank division into the most formidable armored force of World War II

Operation Linebacker I hanoi

Today in military history: US raids Hanoi

Winston Churchill’s plan to get Teddy Roosevelt into World War I

Winston Churchill’s plan to get Teddy Roosevelt into World War I

kissing sailor photo

The wife of the famous ‘kissing sailor’ is in the iconic 1945 photo–and it’s not the nurse

By Blake Stilwell

henry boswell wwii

This soldier lied about his age and did 4 combat jumps in WWII

wwi soldier coins

How pocket change saved one soldier’s life in WWI

By Bethaney Phillips

This pilot shot down an enemy fighter with his 1911

By Blake Stilwell

red army gun crew

The Red Army’s insane World War II deception nearly broke the Romanian Army

Paris liberated from Nazis

Today in military history: Paris liberated from Nazis

How one of America’s saltiest Marines wanted to handle the Vietnam War

How one of America’s saltiest Marines wanted to handle the Vietnam War

british burn washington

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: British capture and burn Washington DC

Why Japan didn’t invade the Soviet Union in World War II

battle of kamdesh

Afghanistan War

Indomitable spirit: Battle of Kamdesh, remembered

By Jessica Evans

great lakes aircraft carrier

The Great Lakes aircraft carriers of World War II

p-40 flying tigers

Hurricanes and P-40 Warhawks: The unsung sky heroes of early WWII

The real life of Hannibal Barca

By Jessica Evans

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Revolutionary War

Gibraltar’s defiant triumph in battle

By Jessica Evans

These were the all-Black units of the British Marines in America

civil war veteran wanted to fight hitler

A Civil War veteran went on record saying he was ready to fight Hitler

george mcclellan

This active duty general nearly beat Lincoln during Civil War election

submarines in wwii

Why the Navy needed the Smithsonian’s help in naming WWII submarines

confederate memorial at arlington

How you can tell Arlington National Cemetery what you think about removing the Confederate Memorial

German boats successfully stopped D-Day landing practice

operation just cause/Operation Acid Gambit

Operation Acid Gambit: Panama, Noriega and a CIA man

By Jessica Evans

confederate invasion of kentucky

Today in military history: Confederate invasion of Kentucky begins

agent orange in vietnam

4 things you didn’t know about Agent Orange

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Human trafficking

6 signs of human trafficking and how to take action

cia soviet union

These are the 10 rules the CIA used for spying on the Soviet Union in Moscow

spitfire vs bf 109

This is the ironic reason the Spitfire beat the Bf 109

By Harold C. Hutchison

The Battle of Stalingrad and Order No. 227

By Jessica Evans

7 weapons Germany defended D-Day beaches with

Today in military history: Last US ground forces leave Vietnam

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The Forward Air Controllers of Vietnam