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Nazi Germany gave up on it after losing the Battle of Britain.

In April 1990, the FBI was called to Teddy Roosevelt's house. No one would dare steal from TR while he was alive, but since he had been dead for 70-plus years and his house was long ago turned into a museum, the thief was able to rob the place and …

Don't get me wrong; I'm not here to make you sympathize with the Nazis. They were literally a hate group that committed murder on a national scale in addition to

Military equipment is notoriously cheap and can sometimes fall short of expectations when in the hands of the dirt-eating grunts who use them the most. But, every once in a while, a company comes by and makes something that not only lives up to its …

Few weapons ever wielded by the U.S. Military are more beloved than the M1911. The weapon was designed by a competitive pistol shooter and equipped with the stopping power necessary to take down a berserk Moro rebel fighter. There'…

Growing up relatively close to an Air Force Major Command base toward the end of the Cold War, we were constantly reminded of one thing: If the "big one" ever came, we were among the first to be toast. But were we really? Thankfully, now there's …

George Hand is a retired Master Sergeant from the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, and the Seventh Special Forces Groups (Airborne). The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own. Military units a…

For around 30 years, the food court at the center of the Pentagon's courtyard was an easy source of mid-afternoon calories for the hungry planners of a potential World War III with the Eastern Bloc. There was just one problem, and it wasn't the fo…

Destin Sandlin, the former Army engineer behind the YouTube channel Smarter Every Day, shot video of see-through suppressors and then went through the video in slow motion, discussing exactly how these weapon accessories work to mask the lo…

"The only way they could capture the beach was to blast the Germans out of each pillbox... and that's what they did," wrote Jay Kay, a U.S. Navy ensign who piloted a landing craft filled with American troops during the D-Day invasions of June 6, …

With all the advances in military clothing technology these days, there's still one glaring holdover from the days of military uniforms gone by: boot laces. We have velcro work uniforms, and velcro body armor, zippers on work pants, and plastic buc…

Inside Northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, one people have guarded the secrets and spirit of Genghis Khan for the past 800 years. They are the Darkhad, a group of nomadic warriors who have spent generations protecting the area where …

In the early days of World War II, battleships were still considered kings and all of the combatants hunted for their enemies' greatest ships. The battleship Bismarck, the largest battleship in commission at the start of 1941, was…