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battle of Surigao Strait
History

The night Pearl Harbor survivors got revenge

By Logan Nye

berlin airlift
History

Today in military history: Berlin Airlift begins

By Team Mighty

navy ace during flight training
History

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

By Miguel Ortiz

space cannon
History

The Soviets fired this secret heavy space cannon while in orbit

By Blake Stilwell

uss tinian
Tactical

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
History

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

By Team Mighty

Tonkin Gulf Resolution
History

Today in military history: US Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution

By Team Mighty

Luftwaffe pilot plane
History

Today in military history: Luftwaffe pilot mistakenly lands in England

By Team Mighty

operation rolling thunder
History

How Operation Rolling Thunder forever impacted military strategy

By Jessica Evans

nazi occupation
History

These are the only Brits who endured Nazi occupation

By Logan Nye

us soviet hotline
History

Today in military history: US-Soviet hotline is agreed upon

By Team Mighty

wwii nuns
History

The nuns who escaped the Japanese by submarine during WWII

By Terry Lloyd

ryan m. pitts
History

MoH Monday: Staff Sergeant Ryan M. Pitts

By Jessica Evans

guinit helmet
History

Filipino soldiers wore helmets made from coconuts during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

bunker hill
History

Today in military history: Battle of Bunker Hill began

By Team Mighty

wwii torpedo
History

This was the most successful torpedo attack of World War II

By Logan Nye

convenanter
Tactical

The Covenanter was Britain’s worst tank

By Logan Nye

battleship
Tactical

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

By Miguel Ortiz

world war i std regulation 40d
History

The British women convicted of infecting WWI troops with STDs

By Logan Nye

iron curtain
History

The frigid origin of the Iron Curtain

By Jessica Evans

espionage act
History

Today in military history: Congress passes Espionage Act

By Team Mighty

John Baca medal of honor winner.
History

Medal of Honor Monday: Sergeant First Class John Baca

By Jessica Evans

Photo of Eugene Ashley Jr with an American flag background
History

MoH Monday: SFC Eugene Ashley, Jr.

By Jessica Evans

a photo of SFC Webster anderson
History

MoH Monday: Remembering triple amputee SFC Webster Anderson

By Jessica Evans

when was us army founded
History

Today in military history: US Army is founded

By Team Mighty

earl plumlee
History

MoH Monday: MSgt Earl Plumlee

By Jessica Evans

6 pieces of gear worn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Tactical

6 pieces of gear worn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

By Miguel Ortiz

National Museum of the Pacific War
Feature

Why the National Museum of the Pacific War is in Texas

By Miguel Ortiz

cavalry
History

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

By Logan Nye

A composite photo of an American flag and James Anderson, JR.
History

Medal of Honor Monday: James Anderson, Jr.

By Jessica Evans

oscar p. austin
History

Medal of Honor Monday: Oscar P. Austin

By Jessica Evans

blitzkrieg
History

Beyond the Blitzkrieg

By Jessica Evans

tear down berlin wall
History

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

By Team Mighty

blood banks
History

How an Army captain invented blood banks during WWI

By Ruddy Cano

uss indianapolis
History

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

By Blake Stilwell

radomes cold war history
History

A piece of forgotten Cold War history

By Megan Harless

german u boat lake michigan
History

There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan

By Blake Stilwell

trench knife
History

Why the trench knife was the most stupidly awesome weapon ever issued

By Eric Milzarski

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

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

By Team Mighty

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

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

By Team Mighty

mark twain
History

Mark Twain quit his Confederate Ranger unit before the Civil War ever reached him

By Team Mighty

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

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

By Emma Liem

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

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

By James Elphick

coast guard on the english channel
History

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

By Blake Stilwell

italy mussolini
History

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

By Team Mighty

battle of chosin reservoir
History

A guide to the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

By Jessica Evans

general cornwallis
History

Who was Lord Charles Cornwallis?

By Jessica Evans

d-day
History

Why D-Day changed the course of WWII

By Jessica Evans

weather normandy france
History

D-Day: The weather forecast that liberated a continent

By Terry Lloyd

russian military
History

5 more of the biggest blunders in Russian military history

By Team Mighty

just war theory World War I Red Cross Poster
History

Warfare ethics: ‘Just war theory’ explained

By Jessica Evans

Master Sergeant Matthew Williams moh
History

MoH Monday: Master Sergeant Matthew Williams

By Jessica Evans

A Hollywood director explains what it was like to film soldiers fighting in Afghanistan
History

A Hollywood director explains what it was like to film soldiers fighting in Afghanistan

By Orvelin Valle

tibbets
History

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

By Blake Stilwell

general patton
History

The 8 coolest war quotes ever spoken

By Blake Stilwell

sunken warships
History

These important tools are made from sunken warships

By Logan Nye

model 299 aircraft
History

This clever advertising doomed thousands of aviators

By Logan Nye

battle of cross keys
History

Today in military history: Confederates score victory in Battle of Cross Keys

By Team Mighty

war crimes
History

Military war crimes: When war breaks the rules

By Jessica Evans

tokyo rose
History

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

By Team Mighty

lafayette
History

Why this French nobleman’s Paris gravesite is filled with dirt from Massachusetts

By Team Mighty

fury war movie
Entertainment

8 awesome enlisted leaders depicted in war movies

By Tim Kirkpatrick

battle of midway
History

Today in military history: Battle of Midway ends

By Team Mighty

intel gathering
History

These are America’s top military intelligence gathering operations

By Jessica Evans