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Today in military history: Berlin Airlift begins

navy ace during flight training

This Navy ace shot down both German and Japanese planes during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

This aircraft carrier was never commissioned and never served on active duty

By Miguel Ortiz

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

Luftwaffe pilot plane

Today in military history: Luftwaffe pilot mistakenly lands in England

nazi occupation

These are the only Brits who endured Nazi occupation

The nuns who escaped the Japanese by submarine during WWII

Filipino soldiers wore helmets made from coconuts during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

This was the most successful torpedo attack of World War II

The Covenanter was Britain’s worst tank

How a WWII cruiser became ‘The Longest Ship in the World’

By Miguel Ortiz

National Museum of the Pacific War

Why the National Museum of the Pacific War is in Texas

By Miguel Ortiz

The last horse charge of American cavalry was in World War II

Beyond the Blitzkrieg

By Jessica Evans

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Today in military history: Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down Berlin Wall

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A sixth grade history project exonerated the captain of the USS Indianapolis

By Blake Stilwell

Seven soldiers in uniform sit closely together in a small wooden boat named "Mathilde," each holding a glass of beer. The boat has signs reading "Greetings from the Rhine," "RUM," and "Bound for Blighty." The background shows a painted scenic landscape with mountains and a river.

The reason why some beer bottles are green dates back to World War II

A black and white photograph of a military transport aircraft flying over a mountainous landscape. The aircraft has four propeller engines and displays a U.S. Air Force star insignia on its fuselage. The tail number "559" is visible on the vertical stabilizer. The image captures the plane in mid-flight with rugged mountains and a partly cloudy sky in the background.

How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day

A concrete bunker partially covered with grass, featuring a large dark green double door and a smaller adjacent door. The bunker has several small ventilation pipes on top and is surrounded by a grassy field with a paved path in front. The sky is overcast.

How 150 British Paratroopers seized a fortified artillery battery on D-Day

By James Elphick

coast guard on the english channel

This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day

By Blake Stilwell

italy mussolini

Today in military history: Italy declares war on Britain and France

battle of chosin reservoir

A guide to the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

By Jessica Evans

Why D-Day changed the course of WWII

By Jessica Evans

weather normandy france

D-Day: The weather forecast that liberated a continent

Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave

By Blake Stilwell

sunken warships

These important tools are made from sunken warships

model 299 aircraft

This clever advertising doomed thousands of aviators

‘Tokyo Rose’ claimed she was trying to undermine Japanese propaganda in World War II

battle of midway

Today in military history: Battle of Midway ends

Meet the United States Navy officer who saved Midway

By Harold C. Hutchison

Today in military history: D-Day Allies land in Normandy

This is how Patton smashed his way out of Normandy

By James Elphick

Battle of Midway

Today in military history: Battle of Midway begins

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The 5 most demoralizing tactics used in recent military history

artillery strike

That time a soldier saved the day by calling an artillery strike on himself

By James Elphick

Russian tank crews have a history of using this insane tank battle tactic

Special Operations Executive

Sabotage and subversion: How secret agents helped win WWII

The German convoy attack that helped lead to the Cold War

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Why the Air Force bombed Montana during World War II

Bicycle history

Japan’s secret WWII weapon you played with as a kid

hms thunderbolt

The HMS Thunderbolt was lost with almost all hands, twice

Il-2M at MAKS air show

This Soviet-made aircraft was the biggest challenge for Nazi fighter pilots

ferdinand assassination

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

By Eric Milzarski

This small island in the Pacific changed the course of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

royal navy bismark

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

battle at kiska and attu

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

By Harold C. Hutchison

royal fleet warship

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

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

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

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

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