Wars (Page 9)

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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

military operation

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

A group of World War II-era military aircraft are parked on the deck of an aircraft carrier at sea. Several crew members are walking and working around the planes. Two warships are visible in the distance on the ocean. The image is in black and white.

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

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

Black and white portrait of a middle-aged man in a military uniform and cap, featuring four stars on the shoulders and cap, indicating a high-ranking officer. The man has a composed expression and is looking slightly to the side.

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

siege of gibraltar

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

forward air controller fac

The Forward Air Controllers of Vietnam

battle of najaf tank

The Marine Corps’ forgotten battle in Iraq

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: First use of Agent Orange in Vietnam

president truman

This letter and Purple Heart haunted Truman

battle of guadalcanal

Why the Battle of Guadalcanal was a turning point in WWII

By Jessica Evans

medal of honor quarter

The only woman to receive the Medal of Honor is getting her own quarter

By Miguel Ortiz

miami police guns for ukraine

Miami Police Department bought guns off the street for Ukraine

By Miguel Ortiz

This lone Soviet tank was ready to fight the entire Nazi invasion of Russia

By Blake Stilwell

military shovel

This is how the shovel became a deadlier weapon than a bayonet

By Eric Milzarski

Tatra 87 nazi car

An awful car killed more Nazi generals than World War II

By Blake Stilwell

cosmonaut shotgun soviets

This is why Soviet cosmonauts carried a shotgun into space

By Blake Stilwell

This WWII treasure was found in a Goodwill

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: Gulf of Tonkin Incident

USS Ward: The Alpha and Omega of WWII

This British woman fought with Serbia in World War I

Operation Prairie

Today in military history: Marines launch Operation Prairie in Vietnam