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Kristallnacht
History

Today in military history: Nazis launch Kristallnacht

By Team Mighty

Widerstandsnest 62 (WN-62) at Omaha Beach
History

The German rehearsal that doomed Omaha Beach attackers

By Logan Nye

A-36 mustang dive bomber.
History

This was the dive-bomber version of the famed Mustang

By Harold C. Hutchison

medal of honor winner james swett shot down enemy aircraft.
History

This Medal of Honor recipient shot down enemy aircraft on his first time out

By Tim Kirkpatrick

A group of wwii coastwatchers.
History

How significant were the Coastwatchers during WWII?

By Terry Lloyd

Leyte Gulf
History

Today in military history: Battle of Leyte Gulf ends

By Team Mighty

Marine Corps duck during the Battle of Tarawa.
History

A beer-drinking Marine Corps duck earned a citation for fighting at Tarawa

By Team Mighty

wwii dive bomber
History

The Army Air Forces had a dive bomber during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

macarthur returns to philippines.
History

Today in military history: MacArthur returns to the Philippines

By Team Mighty

tank
History

This German tank with three turrets confused Allied spies during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

air battles
History

Watch: Top 5 most intense air battles of WWII

By Ruddy Cano

berlin airlift civilians
History

The Berlin Airlift turned Germany into a beacon of hope in one year

By Team Mighty

bombers over hawaii
History

The reason the military bombed this volcanic crater in Hawaii

By Miguel Ortiz

world war ii blimp
History

The ghost blimp mystery of World War II is still unsolved

By Team Mighty

Who was the Pierrepont family of executioners?
History

Who was the Pierrepont family of executioners?

By Team Mighty

nelson silver star
History

This WWII veteran was awarded the Silver Star at the age of 107

By Miguel Ortiz

fedele brothers
History

Eight brothers fought in World War II

By Bethaney Phillips

The 5 bloodiest battles of the 20th century
History

The 5 bloodiest battles of the 20th century

By Team Mighty

devastating weapon
History

The potentially devastating weapon the Nazis gave civilians to fight Allied soldiers

By Team Mighty

This World War II German ‘Suicide Squad’ is just as horrifying as you’d think
History

This World War II German ‘Suicide Squad’ is just as horrifying as you’d think

By Team Mighty

HMS renown
History

What happened to HMS Glowworm?

By Team Mighty

A US Navy destroyer once won a surface engagement with potatoes
Tactical

A US Navy destroyer once won a surface engagement with potatoes

By Team Mighty

what did sailors eat
History

This is what the average sailor ate aboard a WWII era ship

By Ruddy Cano

operation gladio
History

Operation Gladio: The covert Italian stay-behind operation

By Jessica Evans

battle of the bulge photos
History

Photos from the Battle of the Bulge

By Logan Nye

metal stretcher
History

These London railings are actually WWII stretchers

By Miguel Ortiz

V-2 rocket
History

Today in military history: Germany conducts successful V-2 rocket test

By Team Mighty

russian ambush
History

How an 83-year-old Russian led an invading enemy right into an ambush

By Team Mighty

The 10 weirdest military mysteries
History

The 10 weirdest military mysteries

By Brittany Sulc

soviet t-34 tank
Tactical

What happened the first time the German Army met a Soviet T-34 tank

By Team Mighty

Bv-141
History

The BV-141 looks like a kid had too many models, not enough patience

By Logan Nye

trench digger wwii weapons
History

These WWII weapons were a disaster

By Bethaney Phillips

browning automatic rifle
History

The Browning Automatic Rifle cut down enemies from WWI to Vietnam

By Logan Nye

This legendary Navy skipper sank 19 enemy ships
History

This legendary Navy skipper sank 19 enemy ships

By Tim Kirkpatrick

sticky grenades
History

Sticky grenades are only really a thing in video games and movies

By Eric Milzarski

Tripartite Pact
History

Today in military history: Germany, Italy, Japan sign Tripartite Pact

By Team Mighty

atomic bombs
History

How a Truman staffer described the decision to drop the bombs

By Logan Nye

worst modern battles
History

The 5 worst modern battles to fight as a foot soldier

By Cam Rea

tuxedo park
History

Tuxedo Park: The secret palace of science that helped us win WWII

By Jessica Evans

history of pando commandos
History

The ‘Pando Commandos’ were more intense than you’d think

By Eric Milzarski

p-38
History

This friendly fire incident hamstrung the P-38

By Harold C. Hutchison

ranking officer
History

The highest ranking US military officer in World War II isn’t who you think

By Team Mighty

rommel
History

Reminder that the Nazis made a top general kill himself

By Logan Nye

bouncing betty
History

Why the ‘Bouncing Betty’ was absolutely devastating

By Tim Kirkpatrick

saddam dictators statue
History

The brutal fate of two of the world’s most arrogant dictators

By Ruddy Cano

henry kaiser liberty ships
History

This German-American industrialist basically built the WWII Navy

By Logan Nye

potsdam conference
History

Truman and Stalin tried to shock each other with info their spies already had

By Logan Nye

proximity fuze
History

The women who softened the V-1 terror attacks

By Logan Nye

wwii ship
History

China and the Philippines are fighting over a sunken World War II-era ship

By Team Mighty

al schmid marine guadalcanal
History

This Marine stayed at his machine gun after taking a grenade to the face

By Team Mighty

bermuda triangle
History

How a military mission led to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history

By Bethaney Phillips

porsche wwii
Tactical

4 armored fighting vehicles designed by Porsche during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

air force d day eisenhower
History

How Allied air forces made it nearly impossible for Germany to reinforce D-Day

By Logan Nye

nazi scientists
History

That time America worked with Nazi scientists

By Jessica Evans

How Germany brought the fighting of World War II to Antarctica
History

How Germany brought the fighting of World War II to Antarctica

By Team Mighty

military draft
History

Today in military history: FDR approves of the draft

By Team Mighty

berlin
History

This unstoppable artillery bombardment doomed Nazi Berlin

By Logan Nye

japan bombs us mainland
History

Today in military history: Japan bombs US mainland

By Team Mighty

The Loch Ness monster’s role in war
History

The Loch Ness monster’s role in war

By Bethaney Phillips

shadow scheme bombers
History

The ‘shadow scheme’ Britain used to disperse WWII production

By Logan Nye

nasa
History

These NASA nerds made a Franken-bomber, but they weren’t the first to do it

By Harold C. Hutchison

Out of all of the current military rivalries, this one still ranks pretty high. What are the differences between Airborne and Air Assault?
History

These are the differences between Airborne and Air Assault

By Eric Milzarski

blitz
History

Today in military history: The Blitz rains fire on Britain

By Team Mighty

442nd
History

This unit received 21 Medals of Honor and 4,000 Bronze Stars while dealing with America’s mistrust

By Stephen Carlson