From “Bat Bombs” to Bio-Terrorism – Project X-Ray in WWII
July 11, 2018
Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, & the Green Mountain Boys – Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
July 11, 2018
Romania Narrowly Avoided Getting Bombed by the Soviets
July 11, 2018
Seeds of Revolution – Castro’s Rise Despite a Series of Disasters
July 11, 2018
Daring Female Secret Agents of WWII
July 11, 2018
The Mysterious “Plague Fort” of St. Petersburg
July 10, 2018
Operation Goodwood – Good, Bad and Ugly for Montgomery
July 10, 2018
TeT Offensive – Nightmare for Hue City
July 10, 2018
Cold War Recon – 5 Soviet and Warsaw Pact Reconnaissance Vehicles
July 10, 2018
Best Warriors in the World – 5 of the Top Special Forces Units
July 09, 2018
Korean War MIA Soldiers Remains Coming Home
July 09, 2018
Private Colonialism: The American Filibuster Who Became President
July 09, 2018
The Heat Is On! Tankfest 2018
July 08, 2018
Stonewall Jackson’s Early Masterpiece – The Shenandoah Valley
July 08, 2018
US Armored Recon – M8 Greyhound with 30 photos
July 08, 2018
Disaster in the East – 1915 Winter Offensive Against Russia
July 08, 2018
Barbary Pirates and White Slavery
July 08, 2018
War & Peace – Is Man Prone to War Naturally?
July 08, 2018
Faithful to the End – Service Dogs that Defied the Germans
July 08, 2018
The Modern “Beast” of the Battlefield – M1 ABRAMS
July 07, 2018
The USSR’s Extraordinary Women Snipers of WW2
July 07, 2018
Securing Korea: The Battle for Pyongyang
July 07, 2018
Improvised WWII Tank of the Soviets – NI-1
July 06, 2018
Caesar’s Loss to Vercingetorix at Gergovia
July 05, 2018
Red Cloud’s War and The Wagon Box Fight
July 03, 2018
Nurse, Spy, Guerrilla Leader – Remembering First Lt. Manuela Orquejo
July 02, 2018
Amazing Bravery – Lt Conner Finally Awarded Medal of Honor
July 02, 2018
Superior Equipment Not Enough for Germans in Battle for Normandy
June 30, 2018
The First Four Battles of the Isonzo: Italy Enters World War One
June 29, 2018
“Turning Point of the Revolution” – Battles of Saratoga 1777
June 29, 2018
American Filibusters for Canadian Independence – The Rise of the Hunters’ Lodges
June 28, 2018
A Lone T-34 and 2 Tankers that Wouldn’t Give Up
June 27, 2018
Developing New Leaders – 37 Year Vet Goes from Enlisted Ranks to Warrant Officer
June 27, 2018
Super Support Weapon – AH-64 Apache Missions in Iraq
June 25, 2018
Ancient Tech in Modern War – Hidden Punji Sticks of Vietnam War
June 25, 2018
Women Warriors of the Philippines – WWII Heroines Helped Liberate Their Country
June 25, 2018
An Outraged Lion: The Beginning of the Second Opium War
June 24, 2018
Road to the End of Apartheid – Kwazulu-Natal Civil War
June 24, 2018
Stars and Stripes: A Symbol of Hope for American POWs
June 24, 2018
Resistance Warriors of the Philippines
June 24, 2018
Russian Rambo of WWII
June 24, 2018
Dirty Dozen to Nightriders: Our Favorite Air Force Squadron Nicknames
June 23, 2018
P-40 Warhawk Workhorse of the Australia and New Guinea Campaigns
June 23, 2018
Evolution of AMMO
June 22, 2018
Best Commerce Raider in History – CSS Alabama
June 21, 2018
Diary Reveals Firsthand Account of Fierce Turkish-Russian Battles
June 20, 2018
The rebellion of Mary Tudor – she was joined by more than 15,000 men
June 20, 2018
Lone Star Bear: An Independent California
June 19, 2018
A Game of Dominoes that Led to a Humanitarian Crisis
June 19, 2018
The Stubborn 3 Year Siege of Smolensk
June 19, 2018
TOP GUN’S WALK INTO HISTORY
June 16, 2018
Mighty Eighth Vets: A Ball Turret Gunner & Navigator Roles in the City of Savannah Restoration
June 16, 2018
Nigerian Civil War – The Ashes Linger
June 16, 2018
Ensign Jumonville, George Washington & the Dawn of The Seven Years’ War
June 15, 2018
Commandos – Keeping Discipline in the Boer Army
June 15, 2018
China’s Red Guard and the Cultural Revolution
June 13, 2018
The Halls of Montezuma: Marines at Chapultepec
June 13, 2018
For Profit and Glory: The Start of the First Opium War
June 12, 2018
Custer vs J.E.B. Stuart – The Day Two Cavalry Legends Faced Off at Gettysburg
June 10, 2018
A Rising Sun: Japan’s Army Modernization
June 09, 2018
The Knights Hospitaller and the Great Siege of Malta
June 07, 2018
Russia’s 1st Naval Victory – Defeating Sweden at the Battle of Gangut
June 05, 2018
Leading by Example – Helicopter Pilot Becomes Top Warrant Officer in MO National Gurard
June 04, 2018
Mi-24 “Flying Tank” – The Attack Helicopter Used Around the World (plus a ton of photos)
June 04, 2018
Decline of an Empire: The Fourth Crusade’s Sacking of Constantinople
June 02, 2018
Dogs of War: Man’s Best Friends During Wartime + 33 photos
June 02, 2018
“Russian Colossus” – The Soviet KV Heavy Tanks
June 01, 2018
Sunken Treasure: The Fight Over the Spanish Galleon San Jose
May 31, 2018
Magnificent, but Not War: George B. McClellan in Crimea
May 28, 2018
Sowing the Seeds of Secession: The Southern Theater of the Revolutionary War
May 28, 2018
Myth Busted: The Truth About How Seaweed Apparently Helped Break the Enigma Code
May 27, 2018
B-17 “Preston’s Pride” Being Restored by Volunteers
May 25, 2018
Changing History – William The Conqueror’s Superior Strategy At Hastings In 1066 Is One Of The Most Important Events In British History
May 21, 2018
The Many Types Of Ships Used In The Napoleonic Wars
May 19, 2018
The Heroic US Coast Guard Who Gave His Life To Save His Shipmates During A Desperate Rescue In WW2
May 19, 2018
When The US Navy Came Of Age, Showing For The First Time What It Could Do
May 18, 2018
1898: The Beginning Of The Spanish-American War
May 18, 2018
The US Camel Corps: An Abandoned 19th-Century Army Experiment
May 16, 2018
Lt. Presley O’Bannon, The Marine Corps Mameluke Sword, And The Shores Of Tripoli Before It Was A Hymn
May 16, 2018
This Month in Revolutionary War History: Moribund May & the Decline of British Power in the North America
May 16, 2018
Retreat Does Not Always Mean Defeat – Epic Retreats From Military History
May 15, 2018
Wreckage Found in 1963 Might Hold Answers about the Lost Patrol Which Disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945
May 15, 2018
These Technological Innovations Transformed The History Of Handheld Firearms
May 14, 2018
Against All Odds – When United States Revenue Cutter Eagle Defended Itself For Three Days
May 13, 2018
Bedford Castle In Early England Is Now Completely Gone, But A Game-Changing Medieval Siege Took Place There In 1224
May 13, 2018
It May Be Surprising To Learn That These Countries Are Still At War
May 13, 2018
The Oldest Grapevine in the World Survived 400 Years of Turbulent History and Wars, but It Still Bears Fruit
May 13, 2018
Amazing War Footage Of Soldiers From 1899, When The Second Boer War Was Raging
May 12, 2018
Frederick the Great Leads The Prussian Army – The Pinnacle Of European Military Power In Their Day
May 11, 2018
Battle of Trafalgar: The Engagement That Saw the Heroic Death of Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson
May 11, 2018
After North Korea Captured Their Spy Ship, The Crew Invented The ‘Hawaiian Good Luck Sign’ In Defiance
May 10, 2018
When Cavalry Captured A Fleet Trapped In Ice – A Unique Event In Military History
May 10, 2018
The USS Constitution – Leading The Power Of The US Navy For The First Time
May 10, 2018
11 Reasons Why Spain Launched the Armada
May 10, 2018
The Buddy I’ll Never Forget: Beautiful Collection of Stories of Friendships Forged in War
May 10, 2018
With Napoleon Away On Land, Admiral Nelson Smashes The French Fleet At Alexandria
May 09, 2018
Neutral Switzerland Has Invaded Liechtenstein 3 times in 30 years – by Mistake
May 09, 2018
Honda Point Disaster: Where 7 Destroyers and 23 Sailors Were Lost In The Largest Peacetime Loss Of U.S. Navy Ships
May 08, 2018
The History Of Dog Tags – A Feature Of Warfare Since Before WWI
May 07, 2018
Battle of the Crater: Disastrous Battle for the Union in the American Civil War
May 07, 2018
Kaiten: The Japanese Suicide Submarines in WWII
May 06, 2018
Brimming With Experiences – Veteran’s military career spans U.S. Army, state regiment, Marine Corps
May 06, 2018
The Desperate Breakthrough at the Halbe Pocket – How A German General Neglected Hitler’s Orders to Save His Men
May 06, 2018
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
May 06, 2018
Air America – Run By The CIA, This Controversial Covert Airline Was Used Extensively During The Vietnam War
May 05, 2018
“Nuts” – The Five Best Responses to Surrender Ultimatums in History
May 05, 2018
From Bombs to Transportation – How Animals Have Been Used in Warfare
May 05, 2018
Who Dares Wins – When Overly Timid Generals Brought Disaster To Their Troops
May 04, 2018
Project Stargate: The name of a secret unit of the US military – to try & to gather military intelligence telepathically
May 04, 2018
The Hero of the Battle of Trafalgar: Lord Nelson Was Pickled in Liquor
May 04, 2018
The Mysterious Military Compound in North Carolina, Nicknamed the Big Hole Still Spawns Conspiracy Theories, More Than Two Decades after Its Closure
May 02, 2018
When Iran Air Flight 655 Was Shot Down By A US Navy Guided Missile Cruiser
May 01, 2018
Key Developments in the History of Cavalry
April 30, 2018
The Commanders Whose Incompetence Nearly Lost Britain the Second Boer War
April 30, 2018
The War Could Not Have Been Won Without This Wonderfully Simple Piece Of Design – The Humble Bailey Bridge
April 29, 2018
The Story of James Lincoln Wynn – Captured At The Battle Of The Bulge, And POW Experience As Slave Labor During World War II – PART 2
April 29, 2018
The Deadliest Female Sniper in History
April 29, 2018
PANERIAI – The Silent Forest Became a Site of Mass Murder & It Isn’t Easy Reading
April 29, 2018
The Origins and History of The Last Post
April 28, 2018
Eager To Serve – Local resident achieves dual public service goal as soldier and firefighter
April 28, 2018
Development of the Awe-inspiring Triple Walls of Constantinople
April 28, 2018
Between Two Rivers: Opening Shots of the Mexican-American War
April 28, 2018
Takayama Ukon: A Great Christian Samurai
April 27, 2018
10 Fascinating Facts About Custer and His Last Stand – Little Big Horn
April 27, 2018
The English Civil War Brought Reforms And Victory To New Model Army
April 27, 2018
A Valiant Fight To The Death – 62 Against 3000
April 27, 2018
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
April 27, 2018
The Nazi Invasion of the Balkans & Yugoslavia – A Costly Victory
April 26, 2018
Who Is Cooter Brown and What Does “Drunker Than Cooter Brown” Mean?
April 26, 2018
The Book Claimed Coco Chanel Was A Nazi Spy
April 26, 2018
This Egyptian Unit Escaped Destruction In 1967 By Invading Israel
April 24, 2018
The Trip Of A Lifetime: Bomber Camp 2018
April 24, 2018
The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality
April 24, 2018
When His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out The Plane, The Heroic Pilot Just Managed To Land And Save His Buddy’s Life
April 24, 2018
Battle of Berlin – The Soviets Hammering The Nail In the Coffin Of The Third Reich
April 23, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
April 22, 2018
When A British Destroyer Rammed a German Cruiser In World War Two
April 22, 2018
In Feudal Japan, This Ambitious Warlord Rose To Blood-Soaked Victory, Then Was Betrayed
April 22, 2018
When One Man Attacked The USA With His Militia at His Back – Pancho Villa
April 22, 2018
‘Pursuit Of Peril’ – Westphalia, Mo., Veteran Served In Five Campaigns, Gassed During World War I
April 21, 2018
The U.S. Army’s all Mexican-American Infantry Unit – Little-Known Heroes of the Italian Campaign of WWII
April 21, 2018
José Arturo Castellanos Contreras: The Latino Schindler
April 20, 2018
Capture of the Privateer Jeune Richard, 1807 – When 28 men defeated 92
April 20, 2018
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
April 20, 2018
Four Military Operations Which Were Fought In Abominable Weather Conditions
April 19, 2018
Great Cavalry Commanders From Throughout Military History
April 18, 2018
From Ancient Times To World War Two – Massive Retreats of Military History
April 18, 2018
The Falklands War – A War for Lost Glory
April 18, 2018
When His Handler Was Killed, This Heroic War Dog Died of a Broken Heart the Same Day
April 17, 2018
The Battle of Karnal: Cannon Mounted Camels v War Elephants
April 16, 2018
More Bombs Were Dropped on Laos during the Secret War Than on All Countries Combined during WWII
April 16, 2018
The Youngest & Oldest Living Medal of Honor Recipients Both Jumped on Live Grenades
April 15, 2018
Legendary British WW2 Field Marshal Montgomery – “Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance, insufferable in victory”
April 14, 2018
Before the Tank, Many Different Weird Armed Fighting Vehicles Were Developed
April 14, 2018
Tito’s Top Secret Underground Airbase Zeljava
April 13, 2018
Teddy Roosevelt & The Charge of the Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Heights
April 13, 2018
The English Navy Full of Drunkenness, Disorder and the Plague: The Cadiz Fiasco of 1625
April 13, 2018
The Rapid Rise of Naval Air Power Over Two World Wars
April 11, 2018
He’s Called The Ghost, Has The Same Medal Count As Audie Murphy, And Is Virtually Unknown
April 10, 2018
Operations Manual From ancient times to the beginning of the gunpowder age – Review by Mark Barnes
April 10, 2018
How HMS Speedy Captured The El Gamo, Which Was 3 Times Her Size & Had 5 Times Her Crew
April 09, 2018
The Most Terrible, Deadliest Sieges Before the 19th Century
April 09, 2018
First down on Yamato, arriving with the attack force on Nov. 20 Beebe & his pilots went to work. – By Barry Smith
April 07, 2018
Yes: A Battle With Only One Army – Battle of Karansebes – Modern Scholars Have Questioned if The Battle Even Happened
April 07, 2018
The Origin of the Expression “The Thin Red Line” dates from the Crimean War
April 06, 2018
Japanese-American Soldiers, The Nisei: The Purple Heart Battalion
April 04, 2018
Over The Years, Many Moments In Military History Have Inspired Great Works of Art
April 03, 2018
Crazy Impractical German Inventions of WW2
April 03, 2018
George Welch – One of the Few Pilots Who Fought Back During Pearl Harbor
April 03, 2018
How Climate Change Helped the Swedes March Across A Frozen Sea And Defeat The Danes
April 02, 2018
Quickly Raising Armies In The English Civil War – The Infantry, Or Foot, Were Divided Into Two Basic Units, The Pikes & The Muskets
April 02, 2018
Picked up a Sub-machine Gun At Goose Green & Charged the Argentine Trenches -He Died Doing So
April 02, 2018
Unexploded Ordnances – Mines, Grenades, And More – A Leftover Threat From WW2
April 01, 2018
The History of the Sabre… Not Just for Cavalrymen
April 01, 2018
From The Vikings To WW2, And Beyond – These Are Some Of The World’s Best Battle Reenactments
April 01, 2018
The Mysterious Death Of Rasputin, The Siberian Monk Who Brought Down The Tsar Of Russia
April 01, 2018
Why the World’s Greatest Naval Power Opposed the Use of Steam Ships
March 31, 2018
Fire In Warfare: Seven Devastating Incendiary Weapons From Military History
March 31, 2018
The Cádiz Expedition, A Disastrous Invasion Of Spain
March 30, 2018
Battle of Mogadishu: The Devastating Engagement That Inspired ‘Black Hawk Down’
March 30, 2018
Marlborough’s March To The Danube & Battle Of Blenheim
March 30, 2018
The Battle of San Jacinto – Where Santa Anna Lost Texas By Falling Asleep
March 30, 2018
Libya Bombed A German Disco in 1986, So The US Bombed Italy
March 30, 2018
The British Fighting The Argentinians In The Falklands War – “It Was A Very Close-Run Thing”
March 30, 2018
The Long Road to War: Feature-length documentary about the origins of WWI (with Extended Trailer)
March 29, 2018
Four Valiant Stands From Both World Wars: These Men Kept Up The Fight When All Hope Was Lost
March 29, 2018
Battle of Busan Perimeter, The First Major Conflict In The Korean War
March 29, 2018
Frankly, I enjoyed the war. Totally crazy story of Victoria Cross hero who tore off his own fingers, lost an eye, was shot in the head & still went back for more
March 28, 2018
Historic Paratrooper Landings -the Germans had succeeded, but at a cost unacceptable to Hitler
March 28, 2018
The Dutch Terrorized the Philippines in 1600 Before Circumnavigating the World
March 28, 2018
Outnumbered 10 to 1 – In The Korean War, UN forces Held Off A Chinese Force 10 Times Their Size For Two Days
March 28, 2018
The First Barbary War – The US Navy Asserts Its Power
March 27, 2018
Against All Odds – Three Impressively Valiant Stands In War History
March 27, 2018
Five Women Who Played Vital Roles in the American Civil War
March 25, 2018
How The Spanish Armada Failed To Conquer Against The English
March 25, 2018
When The Serbs Shot Down An F-117 Nighthawk, Achieving the Impossible
March 25, 2018
Siege of Sparta: When The Spartan Women Pitched in to Defend Their City
March 25, 2018
Warrior Clans From The Bloody History Of The Japanese Samurai
March 24, 2018
The Battle Of The Canoes – Fighting For Survival On The Waters Of The Alabama River
March 24, 2018
The Vast Invasion Fleet of the Spanish Armada – A Terrifying Power At Sea
March 24, 2018
From The Civil War To Stalingrad – These Battlefields Are Said To Be Haunted
March 23, 2018
Red Eagle – Andrew Jackson’s Creek Indian Foe and Friend
March 23, 2018
Nine Essential Places In France For War History Enthusiasts To Visit
March 22, 2018
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden – Fierce General and Master of Early Gunpowder Tactics
March 22, 2018
Amiens, 1918 – The WW1 Battle In France Which Sealed Germany’s Coming Defeat
March 21, 2018
When A Chinese Submarine Appeared In The Middle Of An American Carrier Battle Group
March 21, 2018
The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics – The So-Called “Nazi Games”
March 21, 2018
As A Bitter Joke, Adolf Hitler Was Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize in 1939
March 20, 2018
From The Roman Empire To The Atom Bomb – Four Military Technologies Stolen From the Enemy
March 20, 2018
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
March 20, 2018
Casualties of War – Deadliest Conflicts in Human History
March 20, 2018
The 1905 Mutiny on the Battleship Potemkin
March 19, 2018
Extremely Heroic Last Stands in Military History
March 19, 2018
The Strange And Cold Day The French Cavalry Captured a Dutch Fleet at Sea
March 18, 2018
The Last Shogun Marches To The End Of His Rule – The First Shots of the Boshin War
March 18, 2018
Men And Women Of Great Bravery – Great Wartime Medics From Military History
March 17, 2018
How the Jewish Brigade Saved Lives, and Helped to Found a Nation’s Army
March 17, 2018
Ambushed Twice on the Streets of Iraq, Johnson Beharry Become the Only VC Recipient of the Iraq War
March 17, 2018
The Czechoslovakian Tank Industry – How Some of the Best European Tank Designs Fell into German Hands
March 17, 2018
When The Coast Guard Supported The D.E.A. And Flew Resupply And Bombing Missions Against The Shining Path
March 17, 2018
Ex-Mercenaries Who Became Leaders in the English Civil Wars
March 16, 2018
Solid as a Rock: Holding Gibraltar Against All The Odds
March 16, 2018
The Grand Old Duke of York: A British Military Reformer
March 16, 2018
Totally Outgunned This Revenue Cutter Took Down one of the Largest French privateers in the Caribbean
March 16, 2018
Meet Chief Dog Sinbad, The Cheerful and Brave Coast Guard Mascot of WW2
March 15, 2018
Camp X – The Allies’ Secret Training School for World War II Spies and Elite Agents
March 15, 2018
The Ranger and the Drake: John Paul Jones Brings the American Revolution to Britain
March 15, 2018
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade – US Citizens Who Fought Against Fascism in Spain
March 15, 2018
Military Reforms of King Henry The Eighth – He Built Up A Modern Fighting Force In Medieval England
March 15, 2018
The Jokyu Rebellion: How Japan’s Imperial Family Failed to Retake Control of Their Nation
March 15, 2018
A 20th-Century Siege in 1809: The Second Siege of Zaragoza
March 15, 2018
The Allies’ Secret Mustard Gas Cargo Made the Attack on Bari an Even Worse Disaster
March 14, 2018
Saint Nazaire The Best Raid of WW2: Massive Intel, Courage, Sacrifice and Big Explosions
March 14, 2018
The Bravery Of This Japanese-American Soldier On His First Day Fighting In WW2 Is Astounding
March 14, 2018
As The US Navy Does Away With Enlisted Rates, We Look At Their History
March 13, 2018
Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president – A Man Of Many Contradictions
March 13, 2018
How the Royal Navy kept order, Through Caning, Flogging, and Hanging
March 13, 2018
How An Explosion In Northern New Jersey Put 62,000 People Onto The Front Lines Of WW1
March 12, 2018
Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2
March 12, 2018
Devastating Surprise Attacks In Military History
March 12, 2018
How The Royal Navy Fed Its Sailors Over 200 Years Ago
March 12, 2018
Luck And Death – Superstitions In The Military
March 12, 2018
From The Roman Republic To The Third Reich: Four Other Battles Fought At Thermopylae
March 12, 2018
A Look At The Royal Navy Through Three Sea Songs
March 11, 2018
Leonardo’s War Machines – The Italian Genius May Have Deliberately Sabotaged His Own Designs
March 11, 2018
How the Other Side Ate: Meals of Royal Naval Officers During The Napoleonic Wars
March 11, 2018
The Man Who Helped Create The US Navy, And Brought About A New Class Of Warship
March 11, 2018
These War Photographers Risked Their Lives To Document The Horrors Of War
March 10, 2018
The Pressing of American Seamen And The War of 1812
March 10, 2018
Military Leaders Whose Commands Got Their Own Men Decimated
March 10, 2018
Four World War II Books to consider – Review by Mark Barnes
March 10, 2018
James Ashworth: The Victoria Cross Recipient Who Gave His Life to Take Out An Enemy Sniper
March 08, 2018
Did You Know? The Belgian Legion of the French Army
March 08, 2018
These Four 20th Century Battles Were Surprisingly Deadly
March 08, 2018
The Ambitious Scotsman Who Used A Tiny, War-Scarred Brig To Capture A Huge 32-Gun Frigate
March 08, 2018
The English Electric Canberra Bomber: the first UK Jet-Powered Bomber, broke 2 International Records and served for more than 50 years
March 08, 2018
This Hellish Campaign Has Been Largely Forgotten: The Aleutian Islands During World War II
March 08, 2018
This WW1 Private Used A Machine Gun To Cover His Comrades’ Retreat – He Was Awarded The Victoria Cross
March 08, 2018
Bryan Budd Charged Into a Cornfield to Attack Enemy Insurgents – He Was Killed By Friendly Fire
March 08, 2018
The Battle of Ramillies: One of Marlborough’s Greatest Victories
March 07, 2018
The Many Lives Of A US Civil War Revenue Cutter Which Was Present At The Start Of The Civil War
March 07, 2018
The War of Jenkins’ Ear – And The Defeat Of A Huge British Armada
March 07, 2018
Although Steel Ruled The Waves, Wooden Boats Still Found A Place In WWII
March 07, 2018
The Crazy Battle of Omdurman was an overwhelming triumph for the British. Only 48 of their men were killed while the Mahdists lost nearly 11,000
March 06, 2018
Three Times In History When Discretion Was The Better Part of Valor
March 06, 2018
Facts About Viscount Wolseley: A Controversial Military Reformer
March 06, 2018
Extremely Effective Tactical Formations Of Military History
March 06, 2018
USCGC Heriberto Hernandez, Named For A Coastguard Hero Who Was Killed In Vietnam
March 06, 2018
The Nazi Invasion of the Balkans And Yugoslavia – A Costly Victory
March 05, 2018
When the American Civil War Broke Out, Another Civil War Had Been Raging In China For 11 Years
March 05, 2018
The Dawn of the Submarine: U-21 sinks HMS Pathfinder
March 05, 2018
Some of the Very Different Opponents Faced by Victorian British Armies
March 05, 2018
The Unknown History of US Coast Guard Intelligence Operations
March 05, 2018
The First United States Military Involvement in Korea, 15 Men Were Awarded The Medal of Honor
March 04, 2018
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy – The Intellectual Genius Of General James “Mad Dog” Mattis
March 03, 2018
Since 1947 Canada has named its Lakes after Soldiers who lost their lives
March 03, 2018
A Quick Guide To The 15 Decisive Battles of the World
March 03, 2018
Well Worth Visiting – The Ten Most Interesting Military And Wartime Cemeteries in the World
March 03, 2018
A Sailor’s Life For Me – A day in the life of a Royal Navy Sailor from 1806
March 03, 2018
Glorieta Pass, The Defining Civil War Battle Which Was Called The Gettysburg Of The West
March 02, 2018
The Dramatic British Opium Wars Which Changed The Course Of History
March 02, 2018
Civil War In Japan – The Last Shogun Marches Toward The End Of An Era
March 02, 2018
Terrain – A Decisive Factor In Victory Or Defeat Throughout Military History
March 01, 2018
Disastrous Reconnaissance Failures From Military History – From The Ancient Rome To The Civil War
March 01, 2018
Some Of The Most Touching and Impressive War Memorials In The World
March 01, 2018
Three Suicidal Military Maneuvers That Were Actually Successful
February 28, 2018
The Many Types Of Ships Used In The Napoleonic Wars
February 28, 2018
The Heroic US Coast Guard Who Gave His Life To Save His Shipmates During A Desperate Rescue In WW2
February 28, 2018
When Winter Saved The American Revolution At The Battle Of Trenton
February 28, 2018
John Glenn, Astronaut And Senator Flew 59 Combat Missions In WWII And Shot Down 3 Russian MiG-15s in Korea
February 28, 2018
The Alamo, Chancellorsville And Borodino, Was Victory Really Worth The Cost
February 27, 2018
1898: The Beginning Of The Spanish-American War
February 27, 2018
Twelve Reasons Why the Falklands War Was A Closer Call Than You Think
February 27, 2018
The Great Siege of Gibraltar: 1779-1783 France And Spain Failed Attempt To Take The Rock
February 27, 2018
The Fokker Scourge: Imperial Germany’s Secret Weapon in the First World War
February 26, 2018
The First Native American General Wrote The Appomattox Surrender In The Civil War
February 26, 2018
The Lion of Africa: Paul von Lettow Vorbeck: Germany’s WW1 Guerilla Commander In East Africa
February 26, 2018
Napoleon Inflicts The Greatest Defeat in Prussian Military History
February 26, 2018
MOH: Shot In The Face And Wounded by Grenade, Charged Machine Gun Nest But Can’t Remember Doing It
February 25, 2018
The Tragic Loss of Nathan Bruckenthal, The Only US Coast Guard Casualty of the Iraq War
February 25, 2018
Defying Orders, He Rescued his Friends Under Fire, Dakota Meyer Became First Living Marine Recipient of the Medal of Honor in 38 Years
February 25, 2018
The Many Lives of The US Ship Harriet Lane, Which Fired the First Shot of the American Civil War
February 25, 2018
When The US Navy Came Of Age, Showing For The First Time What It Could Do
February 25, 2018
Charge Of The Light Brigade: Britain’s most famous Military Disaster
February 24, 2018
1904-5 The Russo-Japanese War: Japan Shatters Russia’s Navy and Global Perceptions
February 24, 2018
Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle, From The End Of The Roman Empire To Byzantium
February 23, 2018
Outnumbered and With Taliban Overrunning the Base, Clinton Romesha Was Awarded MoH at the Battle of Kamdesh
February 23, 2018
Never Let your Age Be an Excuse: 78-year Old Revolutionary War Hero Samuel Whittemore Didn’t
February 23, 2018
The Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird – Top Secret Spy Planes
February 23, 2018
Britain’s first Great Navy
February 22, 2018
Into The Jaws Of Death, Into The Mouth Of Hell, Rode The Six Hundred – By Mistake
February 20, 2018
Starving Their Own Men: Britain’s Epic Supply Failure in the Crimea
February 20, 2018
The Glorious First of June Broke One Of The Rules By Which We Understand Battles
February 20, 2018
Isandlwana 1879: Spear-wielding Zulu Warriors Surround and Destroy British Riflemen
February 20, 2018
Victory In Battle: Nader Rose From Nothing To Become King of Kings Of The Persian Empire
February 19, 2018
The Unmatched Discipline Of The Prussian Army Under Frederick The Great: Leuthen, 1757
February 19, 2018
The Disastrous Attack Which Led To George Armstrong Custer’s Last Stand
February 19, 2018
Battleships and Cannons: Admiral Nelson Crushes the French Fleet At Alexandria, Egypt
February 19, 2018
Custer’s Controversial Battle of Little Bighorn
February 18, 2018
Nelsons Heroic Death at Trafalgar 1805
February 18, 2018
Trafalgar: The Destruction Of Napoleon’s Navy That Saved Britain From French Invasion
February 18, 2018
Changing History – William The Conqueror’s Superior Strategy At Hastings In 1066 Is One Of The Most Important Events In British History
February 18, 2018
The Defining Features of Incan Warfare
February 18, 2018
“My plans are perfect” – The Victorian Generals Disastrously Promoted Beyond Their Abilities
February 17, 2018
Winning Isn’t Always Worth It – Pyrrhic Victories Of Military History
February 17, 2018
Normandy Invasion Beaches From a Different Angle
February 17, 2018
The Element of Surprise – Totally Effective Surprise Attacks in Military History
February 17, 2018
Tackling a Suicide Bomber Captain Florent Groberg Saved Lives and Was Awarded the Medal of Honor
February 17, 2018
The Commanders Whose Incompetence Nearly Lost Britain the Second Boer War
February 17, 2018
Influential Generals Of Military History Who Were Actually Mad
February 17, 2018
When Cavalry Captured A Fleet Trapped In Ice – A Unique Event In Military History
February 17, 2018
Admiral Nelson’s Decisive Victory Over The French at Alexandria
February 16, 2018
Seven Reasons Why Napoleon Should Have Lost in Italy
February 16, 2018
The Versailles Peace Treaty – Ending The Great War In 1918
February 16, 2018
Outnumbered Ten To One – Rallying To The Flag Until The End
February 16, 2018
A Battle With Only One Army – Karansebes Is A Reminder That Great Stories Are Seldom Entirely True
February 15, 2018
Operation Dick Tracy
February 15, 2018
Laid Low By Their Illnesses – French Commanders Who Became Liabilities Because of Ill Health
February 15, 2018
Akbar’s Trap: The Khyber Pass Massacre
February 15, 2018
From Bombs to Transportation – How Animals Have Been Used in Warfare
February 14, 2018
Victory For The Scottish Rebels At Bannockburn – Mud, Blood, And Sabotage
February 14, 2018
1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs: Flemish Butchers & Weavers Defeat French Professional Knights
February 14, 2018
The 1,000 Mile Fighting Retreat of the Nez Perce – Native Americans Looking For A Place To Live
February 14, 2018
Drunkenness, Disorder and the Plague: The Cadiz Fiasco Of The Royal Navy
February 14, 2018
Brown Helped Sack A Korean Fort And Captured Their Flag But Deserted Before He Received His Medal of Honor
February 14, 2018
An Italian Civil War in Spain: Guadalajara, 1937
February 14, 2018
Received The Medal of Honor for Defending The USS Liberty Against an Attack From Israel
February 13, 2018
“Never Give Way to Barbarians” The British Abyssinian Expedition of 1868: A Matter of Honor
February 13, 2018
The Man Who Bought – And Wore – A Medal of Honor Which Was Not His
February 13, 2018
Kamikaze Pilots: The final ceremony included a drink of spiritual concoction that’d ensure success in the mission. Then, he’d wedge himself between 500-pound bombs
February 13, 2018
The Last Samurai: The True History Behind The Film
February 13, 2018
Sieges, Castles, Trenches and Fortresses – Great Moments in Military Engineering
February 13, 2018
When An Israeli Air Force F-15 Landed Safely With Only One Wing
February 13, 2018
First Recipient of Victoria Cross Picked Up Live Enemy Shell with Fuse Still Hissing, Saving The Ship
February 12, 2018
Cockleshell Heroes – The Story of Extreme Bravery, Sacrifice and Endurance – But Was It All Worth It
February 12, 2018
Already Wounded from his Gallant Action, Cpl Richard Bush Hugged a Grenade On Okinawa to Save His Marines
February 12, 2018
Teddy Roosevelt Leads The Charge Of The Rough Riders At The Battle Of San Juan Heights
February 11, 2018
Frederick the Great, Defeating A Superior Enemy: Leuthen, 1757
February 11, 2018
The Origins and History of The Last Post
February 11, 2018
This Royal Marine Threw Himself on a Grenade, He Walked Away With a Bloody Nose and the George Cross
February 11, 2018
The Dog That Went on Missions To Bomb Germany And Became A National Hero
February 10, 2018
The Unstoppable Highland Charge – First Blood in the Jacobite Rising of 1745
February 10, 2018
The Medal of Honor for Peacetime Actions: Appropriate or Not
February 10, 2018
Former US President, George Bush Senior, Was A Naval Aviator Who Was Once Almost Eaten By Cannibals
February 09, 2018
The Shortest Wars In Military History
February 08, 2018
The Lesser Known Custer Brother Picked up Two Medals of Honor in One Week
February 08, 2018
This “Rosie The Riveter” Kept Going For 97 Years
February 08, 2018
Lt. Presley O’Bannon, The Marine Corps Mameluke Sword, And The Shores Of Tripoli Before It Was A Hymn
February 07, 2018
How the Coastwatchers Turned the Tide of the Pacific War
February 07, 2018
The Beautiful American Ship USS Constitution Was Built In 1797 And Is Still Afloat Today
February 07, 2018
Heroes of America: The Red String Band Rebelled Against the Confederacy in the Civil War
February 07, 2018
Hazel Ying Lee: A Chinese-American WWII Female Pilot who Broke the Boundaries of Prejudice and Stereotype
February 07, 2018
The Last Flight to Kuwait – How British Airways Flight 149 Passengers and Crew Became Saddam Hussein’s Human Shields
February 07, 2018
Battle of the Crater: Disastrous Battle for the Union in the American Civil War
February 06, 2018
The Irish Invasions of Canada: Yes, the Irish really did Invade Canada – They Won Some Battles Too
February 05, 2018
How the Cruiser Olympia Led the Asiatic Squadron to Victory in Manila Bay
February 05, 2018
When Soldiers, Sailors, And Civilians Celebrated Victory in Europe with a Riot in Halifax
February 04, 2018
Christmas in Bastogne, 1944 – Extract from Jack Womer’s memoir ‘Fighting with the Filthy Thirteen’
February 04, 2018
Frank H. Newcomb – Hero Of Cardenas – Her Two Six-Pounder Cannons Succeeded In Firing 135 Rounds In 20 Minutes
February 04, 2018
Totally Outgunned, This Revenue Cutter Took Down One Of The Largest French Privateers In The Carribean
February 04, 2018
A Brief History Of The SAS, Britain’s Fighting Elite
February 04, 2018
When Iran Air Flight 655 Was Shot Down By A US Navy Guided Missile Cruiser
February 03, 2018
When His Navigator Ejected Halfway Out The Plane, The Heroic Pilot Just Managed To Land And Save His Buddy’s Life
February 03, 2018
Ideologies That Have Inspired Soldiers
February 02, 2018
Wars in Which Drugs Fuelled the Fighting
February 02, 2018
Military Disasters Brought About By Timid Generals
February 02, 2018
Amazing War Footage Of Soldiers From 1899, When The Second Boer War Was Raging
February 01, 2018
The Stories Behind Ten Soon-to-be-Forgotten War Songs
February 01, 2018
The Misfit Who, On His First Mission, Became the First Enlisted Airman To Receive a Medal of Honor
February 01, 2018
Dr. Ruth Trained as a Military Sniper Before Becoming a World-Famous Sex Therapist
February 01, 2018
The Falklands War – A War for Lost Glory
February 01, 2018
New Sources Claim Coco Chanel Was A Nazi Spy
February 01, 2018
The Story of James Lincoln Wynn – Captured At The Battle Of The Bulge, And POW Experience As Slave Labor During World War II – PART 2
February 01, 2018
These Ten Facts About WW1 Have Been Largely Forgotten
January 31, 2018
Battle of Omdurman – When The British With 11,000 Soldiers Took On 60,000 Natives in Sudan, Losing 47 Killed
January 31, 2018
Here’s Why William Wallace Won At Stirling Bridge In The Face Of Overwhelming Odds
January 31, 2018
‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man To Kill An Enemy Soldier With A Longbow In WW2
January 31, 2018
The Heroic German Officer Who Gave His Life Trying to Save an American in a Minefield
January 30, 2018
The History Of Dog Tags – A Feature Of Warfare Since Before WWI
January 30, 2018
He’s Called The Ghost, Has The Same Medal Count As Audie Murphy, And Is Virtually Unknown
January 29, 2018
The Picture Has Become Iconic, But The Battle In this Fallujah House Was Legendary
January 29, 2018
1898: Spanish at Guam Thought the Attacking USS Charleston Fired Salute Shots & Asked For Gunpowder To Return the Gesture
January 29, 2018
After The Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Horatio Nelson Traveled Back To England Pickled in Brandy
January 29, 2018
Noblemen Who Fought in the French Foreign Legion
January 28, 2018
Fascinating Facts About Sir Winston Churchill
January 28, 2018
Some of the Scariest Nuclear Bomb Accidents in History
January 27, 2018
‘An Important Moment’ – WWII Veteran Crossed Europe, Helped Liberate Dachau Concentration Camp
January 27, 2018
‘Forever At Sea’ – Russellville Sailor Killed Aboard USS Indianapolis During World War II
January 27, 2018
“Impenetrable” – The Fall of the Eben Emael Fortress
January 27, 2018
Medal of Honor: The Man War Couldn’t Kill, Jumps On Two Grenades, Falls Out of An Airplane. Survives
January 26, 2018
Fascinating Abandoned Military Bases From All Around The World
January 26, 2018
How HMS Speedy Captured The El Gamo, Which Was 3 Times Her Size & Had 5 Times Her Crew
January 26, 2018
‘Pursuit Of Peril’ – Westphalia, Mo., Veteran Served In Five Campaigns, Gassed During World War I
January 26, 2018
British Sniper Took Out 6 Taliban Fighters With A Single Shot From Half A Mile Away
January 25, 2018
‘Brothers In Arms’ – Westphalia Twins Drafted During WWI Exemplify Family’s Sacrifice
January 25, 2018
‘A good opportunity’ – Local veteran discusses service with United States Army, Europe
January 24, 2018
The Flying Tank Buster – Hans-Ulrich Rudel 2,000 targets destroyed including 519 tanks
January 24, 2018
‘Just’ 10 Japanese Atrocities From World War II
January 24, 2018
P.1000 Ratte – Paper Tiger or Nazi Super Tank
January 24, 2018
‘How Good We’ve Got It’ – Wardsville Veteran Shares Story Of Service During Vietnam War
January 24, 2018
When His Handler Was Killed, This Heroic War Dog Died of a Broken Heart the Same Day
January 23, 2018
Repelled 30 Taliban: 400 Rounds, Launched 17 Grenades, Detonated a Mine, and Used His Tripod as a Weapon
January 23, 2018
Legendary British WW2 Field Marshal Montgomery – “Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance, insufferable in victory”
January 23, 2018
George Welch – One of the Few Pilots Who Fought Back During Pearl Harbor
January 23, 2018
The War Could Not Have Been Won Without This Wonderfully Simple Piece Of Design – The Humble Bailey Bridge
January 22, 2018
When One Man Attacked The USA With His Militia at His Back – Pancho Villa
January 21, 2018
12 Key Moments in the History of Artillery
January 20, 2018
The Major-General In Command Of British Land Forces In The Falklands War Called It “A Very Close-Run Thing”
January 19, 2018
Outnumbered Ten To One – Glorious Defeat At The Battle Of Maiwand – They Rallied To The Flag Until There Was No One Left
January 18, 2018
A Valiant Fight To The Death – 62 Against 3000
January 18, 2018
Honda Point Disaster: Where 7 Destroyers and 23 Sailors Were Lost In The Largest Peacetime Loss Of U.S. Navy Ships
January 18, 2018
How WWII American Soldiers Provided Fun At Christmas For British Orphans
January 17, 2018
Corporal Dunham: First Marine to Receive Medal of Honor Since Vietnam – Jumped on a Grenade To Save His Fellow Marines
January 17, 2018
Newly restored Messerschmitt Bf109G flies again: Test pilot shares his experience
January 17, 2018
Out of fuel: Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights (Watch)
January 17, 2018
How The Royal Navy Fed Its Sailors Over 200 Years Ago
January 17, 2018
The Battle Of Marignano: The Reason For Almost 500 Years Of Swiss Neutrality
January 16, 2018
Retreat Does Not Always Mean Defeat – Epic Retreats From Military History
January 16, 2018
Shattered Hopes – Missouri officer killed aboard the second ship to carry the name USS Missouri
January 15, 2018
Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Sails Through Huge Waves During Massive Storm
January 14, 2018
“Nuts” – The Five Best Responses to Surrender Ultimatums in History
January 14, 2018
Movie Mistakes – The Worst Things Hollywood Gets Wrong about Ancient and Medieval Battles
January 13, 2018
The Hardest Day in the Battle of Britain, When All Was Almost Lost
January 13, 2018
10 Fascinating Facts About Custer and His Last Stand – Little Big Horn
January 13, 2018
Eleven Military Uniforms That Got Soldiers Killed
January 13, 2018
Why The US Ditched Helicopters During Withdrawal From Vietnam War
January 13, 2018
The Deadliest Female Sniper in History
January 13, 2018
Tito’s Top Secret Underground Airbase Zeljava
January 12, 2018
Amazing Colorized Images Of WWII Bring The War To Life For Modern Viewers
January 12, 2018
Non-Weapon Technologies That Transformed Warfare
January 12, 2018
It Changed The Face Of Warfare, And Laid The Foundation For Modern Weaponry – The Maxim Machine-Gun
January 11, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
January 11, 2018
How the Jewish Brigade Saved Lives, and Helped to Found a Nation’s Army
January 11, 2018
The Man Who Helped Create The US Navy, And Brought About A New Class Of Warship
January 11, 2018
These Technological Innovations Transformed The History Of Handheld Firearms
January 10, 2018
An Enjoyable Experience – Retired command sergeant major describes 32-year career in U.S. Army
January 10, 2018
Blees Military Academy – Historic Complex Highlights Story of Former Soldier, Teacher, and Entrepreneur
January 10, 2018
Rivalry in the USA – The Toledo War of 1835 – When Ohio Fought Michigan
January 10, 2018
Born To Fly: Amy Johnson, Ground-Breaking British Aviator of the 1930s
January 09, 2018
Neutral Switzerland Has Invaded Liechtenstein 3 times in 30 years – by Mistake
January 09, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
January 08, 2018
The Storm That Saved Washington From The British In 1814
January 08, 2018
10 Friendly Fire Incidents From Military History
January 07, 2018
Before the Tank, Many Different Weird Armed Fighting Vehicles Were Developed
January 07, 2018
The History of the Sabre… Not Just for Cavalrymen
January 06, 2018
The Walking Wounded – How Warfare And Healthcare Advanced Together Through The Ages
January 05, 2018
“Wentworth Military Academy” – Historical Missouri Military Academy Has Trained Young Cadets Since 1880
January 05, 2018
Napoleon – The Great Conqueror Should Have Lost in Italy
January 05, 2018
The Rapid Rise of Naval Air Power Over Two World Wars
January 05, 2018
Warrior Monks of Feudal Japan—These Monks Did Not Always Practice Peace
January 05, 2018
Over The Years, Many Moments In Military History Have Inspired Great Works of Art
January 05, 2018
Machine Guns – Rapid Early Development Of A Deadly, Game-Changing Technology
January 05, 2018
Valentine Baker’s Last Stand At The Battle of Tashkessen
January 05, 2018
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
January 05, 2018
From A Man of God to Men of War – Great Innovators in the History of Firearms
January 04, 2018
Tanks and Fighting Vehicles – The Development of Military Technology Between The Wars
January 04, 2018
Handheld Firearms – Hundreds of Years of Transformation and Improvement
January 04, 2018
Irony: Military Uniforms That Got Soldiers Killed
January 03, 2018
Battle of Talas in 751
January 03, 2018
How Climate Change Helped the Swedes March Across A Frozen Sea And Defeat The Danes
January 03, 2018
“A General’s Upbringing” – Legacy of General John J. Pershing Preserved Through State Historic Site
January 03, 2018
Quickly Raising Armies In The English Civil War – The Infantry, Or Foot, Were Divided Into Two Basic Units, The Pikes & The Muskets
January 03, 2018
Luck & Death – Superstitions In The Military
January 02, 2018
Foreigners Who Fought in Other Countries’ Armies
January 02, 2018
The Tragedy of the SS Cap Arcona – WWII’s Titanic
January 02, 2018
5 Facts: Amiens, 1918 – The WW1 Battle In France Which Sealed Germany’s Coming Defeat
January 02, 2018
These Commanders Revolutionised Warfare In Their Time
January 01, 2018
Sengoku-Jidai – The Age Of The Country At War In Medieval Japan
January 01, 2018
The Amazing Legacy of the Legendary F-16 Falcon – An American Icon
January 01, 2018
Development of the Awe-inspiring Triple Walls of Constantinople
December 31, 2017
How The Introduction of Military Drill Changed Warfare Forever
December 31, 2017
Great Cavalry Commanders From Throughout Military History
December 31, 2017
Eleven Of The Greatest Samurai Battles Of History
December 31, 2017
12 Warrior Clans From The Bloody History Of The Japanese Samurai
December 31, 2017
The Jokyu Rebellion: How Japan’s Imperial Family Failed to Retake Control of Their Nation
December 31, 2017
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: The Napoleon of Japan
December 31, 2017
The Allies’ Secret Mustard Gas Cargo Made the Attack on Bari an Even Worse Disaster
December 31, 2017
Heinze And Reinhard Heydrich – A Tale Of Two Brothers Who Went Different Ways In WW2
December 31, 2017
Five Fascinating Military Inventions – From The Big Dog Robot To The Humble Email Address
December 31, 2017
Takayama Ukon: A Great Christian Samurai
December 30, 2017