Featured in surrenderBYTeam MightyFeb 17, 2023ShareThe flag used to surrender Jerusalem to the Allies in 1917 is in an Ohio museumOutside of Lawrence of Arabia, the Middle East Theater of World War I is an often underreported area of the Great War, but much of what happened during that time… BYTeam MightyFeb 17, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJan 4, 2023ShareAn insider’s look at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court HouseIf there’s a best insider’s look at the beginning of the end of the Civil War – the Confederate surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865 – look… BYTeam MightyJan 4, 2023ShareBYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022ShareOne of the most lopsided surrenders in military historyImagine your perfect defense. You’d likely choose a fortified position, maybe a literal fortress. A coastal one, so you know which approaches the enemy will use. You have rows of… BYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellOct 16, 2022ShareThat time an entire Italian regiment surrendered to one pilotWhen Royal Air Force pilot Sydney Cohen crash landed on the Italian-controlled island of Lampedusa in 1943, he thought he would be in for the fight of his life. Lampedusa was the home of more than 4,000 Italian troops in garrison, and all Cohen had … BYBlake StilwellOct 16, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyOct 7, 2022ShareBritain’s unluckiest general surrendered to two of the empire’s greatest enemiesA 2012 poll in the UK asked Britons who they thought was the British Empire’s greatest historical nemeses. Among the top two answers were General George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte…. BYTeam MightyOct 7, 2022ShareBYRuddy CanoOct 4, 2022ShareFierce new book, ‘Surrender,’ is the perfect collection of USMC storiesThe Marine Corps, to the uninitiated, would seem like the last place to find inclusion and diversity. The culture of our beloved Corps is often misunderstood from the outside looking… BYRuddy CanoOct 4, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022ShareToday in military history: Detroit surrenders without a fightOn Aug. 16, 1812, American General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to the British without a fight. Maybe it was the overwhelming English and Native American forces gathered outside the… BYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellApr 5, 2023Share5 gutsy replies to enemy demands for surrenderIt probably doesn’t feel great to be outnumbered and fought into a corner. That’s probably why American troops tend to avoid those situations. BYBlake StilwellApr 5, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023ShareHumans surrendered to a drone for the first time in 1991We tend to think of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as “drones,” as a relatively recent development in the world of advanced battlefield intelligence and reconnaissance. They have been especially… BYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyAug 22, 2022ShareToday in military history: Panama dictator Noriega surrenders to USOn Jan. 3, 1990, former dictator of Panama Manuel Antonio Noriega surrendered to U.S. military troops. Until 1979, it was known as the Panama Canal Zone. By 1989, that area… BYTeam MightyAug 22, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyAug 25, 2022ShareToday in military history: US says ‘NUTS’ to German demand for surrenderOn Dec. 22, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the Americans delivered an epic reply to German demands for surrender. The 101st Airborne Division and part of the 10th… BYTeam MightyAug 25, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellJul 27, 2021ShareThe 4 best surrender decisions in military historyThere’s nothing great about having to surrender. At best, the loser gets to keep most of his men alive. At worst, well… he doesn’t and the outcome is a room full slaughtered defenders. Brave defenders, sure. But they’re still outnumbered and sl… BYBlake StilwellJul 27, 2021ShareBYBusiness InsiderJun 24, 2021ShareWhat it was like in the room when Germany finally surrendered to end WWII in EuropeIn the early morning hours of May 7, 1945, the remnants of Nazi Germany’s military leadership signed an unconditional surrender to Allied forces. When the news broke the next day, soldiers and civilians around the world heralded Victory … BYBusiness InsiderJun 24, 2021Share
BYTeam MightyFeb 17, 2023ShareThe flag used to surrender Jerusalem to the Allies in 1917 is in an Ohio museumOutside of Lawrence of Arabia, the Middle East Theater of World War I is an often underreported area of the Great War, but much of what happened during that time… BYTeam MightyFeb 17, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJan 4, 2023ShareAn insider’s look at the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court HouseIf there’s a best insider’s look at the beginning of the end of the Civil War – the Confederate surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865 – look… BYTeam MightyJan 4, 2023Share
BYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022ShareOne of the most lopsided surrenders in military historyImagine your perfect defense. You’d likely choose a fortified position, maybe a literal fortress. A coastal one, so you know which approaches the enemy will use. You have rows of… BYLogan NyeNov 22, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellOct 16, 2022ShareThat time an entire Italian regiment surrendered to one pilotWhen Royal Air Force pilot Sydney Cohen crash landed on the Italian-controlled island of Lampedusa in 1943, he thought he would be in for the fight of his life. Lampedusa was the home of more than 4,000 Italian troops in garrison, and all Cohen had … BYBlake StilwellOct 16, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyOct 7, 2022ShareBritain’s unluckiest general surrendered to two of the empire’s greatest enemiesA 2012 poll in the UK asked Britons who they thought was the British Empire’s greatest historical nemeses. Among the top two answers were General George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte…. BYTeam MightyOct 7, 2022Share
BYRuddy CanoOct 4, 2022ShareFierce new book, ‘Surrender,’ is the perfect collection of USMC storiesThe Marine Corps, to the uninitiated, would seem like the last place to find inclusion and diversity. The culture of our beloved Corps is often misunderstood from the outside looking… BYRuddy CanoOct 4, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022ShareToday in military history: Detroit surrenders without a fightOn Aug. 16, 1812, American General William Hull surrendered Fort Detroit to the British without a fight. Maybe it was the overwhelming English and Native American forces gathered outside the… BYTeam MightyAug 16, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellApr 5, 2023Share5 gutsy replies to enemy demands for surrenderIt probably doesn’t feel great to be outnumbered and fought into a corner. That’s probably why American troops tend to avoid those situations. BYBlake StilwellApr 5, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023ShareHumans surrendered to a drone for the first time in 1991We tend to think of unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as “drones,” as a relatively recent development in the world of advanced battlefield intelligence and reconnaissance. They have been especially… BYTeam MightyJan 26, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyAug 22, 2022ShareToday in military history: Panama dictator Noriega surrenders to USOn Jan. 3, 1990, former dictator of Panama Manuel Antonio Noriega surrendered to U.S. military troops. Until 1979, it was known as the Panama Canal Zone. By 1989, that area… BYTeam MightyAug 22, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyAug 25, 2022ShareToday in military history: US says ‘NUTS’ to German demand for surrenderOn Dec. 22, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the Americans delivered an epic reply to German demands for surrender. The 101st Airborne Division and part of the 10th… BYTeam MightyAug 25, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellJul 27, 2021ShareThe 4 best surrender decisions in military historyThere’s nothing great about having to surrender. At best, the loser gets to keep most of his men alive. At worst, well… he doesn’t and the outcome is a room full slaughtered defenders. Brave defenders, sure. But they’re still outnumbered and sl… BYBlake StilwellJul 27, 2021Share
BYBusiness InsiderJun 24, 2021ShareWhat it was like in the room when Germany finally surrendered to end WWII in EuropeIn the early morning hours of May 7, 1945, the remnants of Nazi Germany’s military leadership signed an unconditional surrender to Allied forces. When the news broke the next day, soldiers and civilians around the world heralded Victory … BYBusiness InsiderJun 24, 2021Share
