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pararescue
Special Operations

Air Force Pararescue teams: Unsung heroes of Special Operations

battle of leningrad
World War II

How the Red Army used blind Russians to defend Leningrad during World War II

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and Napoleon
Wars

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: The Black French general who stole Napoleon’s thunder

P-38 Lightning
Today in Military History

Today in military history: Admiral Yamamoto, Pearl Harbor mastermind, is shot down

These were the 6 most massive tank battles in US history
Tanks

These were the 6 most massive tank battles in US history

Here are 6 times American tank units found themselves massively fighting it out with enemy armor: 1. Battle of the Bulge

How to escape from being tied up, according to a Navy SEAL
Navy

How to escape from being tied up, according to a Navy SEAL

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, more than 2,000 people go missing throughout the U.S. every day. Many of those innocent individuals are taken fro…

How Civil War infantrymen slaughtered one another
History

How Civil War infantrymen slaughtered one another

If you think that troops marched at each other with muskets and rifles in the Civil War because they were too dumb to maneuver, you're dead wrong. Civil War formations were the pinnacle of strategy at the time, allowing commanders to bring maximum …

This is how the misfit crew of ‘Old 666’ became the most decorated in history
World War II

This is how the misfit crew of ‘Old 666’ became the most decorated in history

History remembers Capt. Jay Zeamer as a tremendous pilot, but he had a rough time getting into the cockpit. Originally commissioned in the Infantry Reserve, he later transferred to the Army Air Corps to fulfill his dream of flying. There …

tank
Cold War

The Soviet Union’s answer to the Abrams tank was a monster

world war ii battle
Cold War

The battle that convinced German leaders they lost World War II

prosthetics
Military News

This is how American wars changed the course of prosthetics

son tay prison memorial
Vietnam War

History of the daring raid on Son Tay Prison

darpa
Technology

DARPA’s robot drivers could lead future raids…maybe

battle of Chipyong-ni
Korean War

Everything you need to know about the Battle of Chipyong-ni

Hugh Francis Redmond, the ice cream spy
Cold War

Today in history: The ‘Ice Cream Spy’ dies a mysterious death

Apollo 13 Crew on USS Iwo Jima
Today in Military History

Today in military history: Apollo 13 returns to earth

That time a Canadian invented an e-tool that doubled as a shield
World War I

That time a Canadian invented an e-tool that doubled as a shield

There's a long list of interesting technologies that almost made their way onto the front lines during the brutal days of World War I. In trench warfare, as troops set into position to attempt a shot, they often became the enemy's targe…

The 9 coolest things militaries have done with the M113
Tanks

The 9 coolest things militaries have done with the M113

Though one wouldn't expect much from an armored vehicle developed by the Food Machinery Corporation, th…

russian nuke targets united states before DEACTIVATION OF NUCLEAR MISSILES IN RUSSIA (Photo by Georges DeKeerle/Sygma via Getty Images)
Weapons

That one time in 1995 when Russia almost used nuclear missiles against the United States

Russia almost blew the United States away with a nuclear strike in 1995 after mistakenly thinking it was under attack. If it weren't for Russia's then-president Boris Yeltsin, America as we know it wouldn't exist. Under the "launch-on-warning…

carrier pigeon
World War I

This carrier pigeon saved a battalion in World War I

By fall of 1918, the Allies were pushing back the Germans all along the Western Front. In September, the Allies launched the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the final offensive of World War I. But the Germans were not yet beaten and were still fighting t…