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Why the Chinese military uses ridiculously blue uniforms

By Blake Stilwell

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The US military used compressed air for vaccines for 30 years

By Blake Stilwell

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Pearl Harbor forced this civilian plane to fly around the world in five weeks

By Miguel Ortiz

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6 surprising foods people ate on the homefront of World War I

Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver North, former aide to former National Security Adviser John Poindexter, is sworn in 07 July 1987 before the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on arms sales to Iran and diversion of profits to Nicaraguan Contra rebels. North testified under limited immunity. The "Irangate" saga erupted 30 November 1986 into a new crisis for the US President Reagan administration with the resignation of Admiral John Poindexter as the President's National Security Advisor and the dismissal of North, a member of the National Security Council Staff. "Ollie" North, a much-decorated Marine officer, known to White House cynics as the President's "Swashbuckler in Chief", was linked to the transfer of some $ 30 million profit from the Iran weapons sales to Contra rebels fighting the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua. (Photo credit should read CHRIS WILKINS/AFP via Getty Images)

How shoddy email practices led to the convictions in the Iran-Contra Affair

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The first head of the VA was so corrupt, President Harding tried to kill him

By Blake Stilwell

A fountain in the middle of the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest battles of the 20th century.

The 5 bloodiest battles of the 20th century

By Blake Stilwell

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The 13 scariest dictators in history

By Brittany Sulc

Bill Toledo, Frank G. Willetto and Keith Little, Navajo Code Talkers, were among the Iwo Jima veterans honored Feb. 19, 2010, at a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. On Feb. 19, 1945, the United States launched its first assault against the Japanese at Iwo Jima, resulting in some of the fiercest fighting of World War II. (Wikimedia Commons)

How the Navajo Code Talkers helped win World War II

By Jessica Evans

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6 urban legends about Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

By Blake Stilwell

food as a weapon

5 times using food as a weapon helped turn the tide of a battle

presidential myths

The top 5 myths about US Presidents that aren’t true

the white death sniper

This insanely talented sniper was known as ‘The White Death’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Rangers bulldozers Urgent Fury

That time Rangers stole a bulldozer for an assault vehicle

Marines War of 1812

British troops paid respect to the Marines in the War of 1812 by not burning down their house

By Blake Stilwell

This is the biggest victory Native Americans scored against the colonials

Revolutionary War

This is the biggest victory Native Americans scored against the colonials

By Blake Stilwell

Kilroy was here

‘Kilroy Was Here’ was the World War II-era viral meme

By Blake Stilwell

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The 8 coolest war quotes ever spoken

By Blake Stilwell

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Why troops in Vietnam could write on their helmets

By Blake Stilwell

9 hilarious memes that actually teach military history

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The British fought in Vietnam alongside Gurkhas, Indians, and Japanese POWs – and won

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This is why ‘MiG Alley’ was one of the deadliest places on Earth

By Harold C. Hutchison

The 4 US Presidents with the craziest war stories

The 4 US Presidents with the craziest war stories

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5 meals that won wars (and how to make them)

By Blake Stilwell

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After more than 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable

By James Elphick

pearl harbor attack

How the top brass actually tried to prevent Pearl Harbor attack

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Revolutionary War

The United States worst military defeat came at the hands of native tribes

This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while held in Hanoi Hilton

This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while held in Hanoi Hilton

By Blake Stilwell

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How the Department of War became the Department of Defense

These 13 photos of US troops with enemy flags show some traditions never die

These 13 photos of US troops with enemy flags show some traditions never die

By Blake Stilwell

AC/DC plays Stadium Vicente Calderon in Madrid, Spain.

How AC/DC helped save a POW in Mogadishu

By Blake Stilwell

President Lyndon B. Johnson placing a wreath before the flag-draped casket of President John F. Kennedy in the Capitol rotunda. (National Archives)

Why JFK’s first casket was buried at the bottom of the ocean

genghis khan statue

Genghis Khan killed so many people it was good for the environment

By Blake Stilwell

President Johnson’s naked press conference and 5 historic events from the first Air Force One

President Johnson’s naked press conference and 5 historic events from the first Air Force One

By Blake Stilwell

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Humans surrendered to a drone for the first time during Operation Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

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8 Presidents who actually saw combat in a big way

By Blake Stilwell

The Healing Warriors Of India CALICUT, KERALA, INDIA - JANUARY 01: If the existence of the flexible sword is mentioned in Nothern Ballads (popular songs of Kerala, composed on the XVIth centuary), its description is vague and they are no evidences that the weapon practised in today gymnasium looks like the original. Further more, no oral command has been found. Master Shathrughnan (on the right) asserts that the practise of this weapon is dangerous. Injuries to the head often occurs. Gymnasium is Hindustan Kalari of Calicut Kerala on January 01, 2010 in Calicut Kerala, India. (Photo by Herve BRUHAT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The 5 best exotic weapons in history

By Adam Gramegna

Battle of New Orleans

How the British managed to lose the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812

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George Washington’s eggnog recipe will destroy you

By Blake Stilwell

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The bittersweet story behind the Christmas Truce of 1914

By Brittany Sulc

How a single photograph allowed the Japanese emperor to stay in power

How a single photograph allowed the Japanese emperor to stay in power

By Eric Milzarski

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

president kennedy at army-navy game

These are the 5 presidential traditions around the Army-Navy Game

By Eric Milzarski, Blake Stilwell

1944 Army-Navy Game poster. (National Archives)

How the Army-Navy game of 1944 stopped World War II

By Tessa Robinson

stupid fights lost because of racism

4 stupid fights lost because of racism

By Blake Stilwell

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

The freak accident that saved a carrier at Pearl Harbor

The freak accident that saved a carrier at Pearl Harbor

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The 10 best generals of all time, determined by statistical analysis

By Blake Stilwell

A painting of Texas Tower 4's collapse in a winter storm.

Texas Tower 4 was a Cold War radar outpost that vanished in a winter storm

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The insane way Vlad the Impaler turned back an enemy army

By Blake Stilwell

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12 surprising facts about the War of 1812

By Blake Stilwell

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Afghanistan War

4 Royal Marines strapped themselves to attack helicopters and rode into a Taliban compound

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British troops launched a ‘proper angry’ bayonet charge during the Iraq War

By Blake Stilwell

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These are 10 of the longest-serving weapons in the US combat arsenal

By James Elphick

5 Native American tribes most feared by the US Army

5 Native American tribes most feared by the US Army

By Blake Stilwell

world war I technological innovations

6 military developments from World War I that made warfare more deadly

By Harold C. Hutchison

ohio michigan war

How Ohio and Michigan sparked an angry border war over Toledo

By Blake Stilwell

Good news, airmen: The Air Force put all of your basic training photos online

Good news, airmen: The Air Force put all of your basic training photos online

By Blake Stilwell

Master Sgt. Delorean Sheridan

This airman saved 23 wounded troops during an insider attack

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16 excerpts from the greatest military speeches ever given

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5 Seldom-told tales about Air Force legends

By Blake Stilwell

vampires vietnam

US troops pretended to be vampires and ghosts to scare the hell out of communists

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The 8 reincarnations of General George S. Patton

By Blake Stilwell

Pearl harbor survivor story

The confusion of war: A Pearl Harbor survivor story

By Amanda Huffman