This WWII Arctic War Aircraft Carrier Plan Sounds Ridiculous—Until You Learn Why
It sounds like something dreamed up on a napkin during a long winter night, but it was very real. In the middle of World War…
The Siege of Jadotville saw 156 Irish UN peacekeepers go up against 3,000 mercenaries
In 1961, during the Siege of Jadotville, a force of just 156 Irish UN peacekeepers under the command of Commandant Pat Quinlan was encircled by…
Before starring on ‘McHale’s Navy’, Ernest Borgnine proudly served on the USS Lamberton (DD-119) during World War II
Ernest Borgnine built an extraordinary legacy across film and television, entertaining audiences for generations. He is best known for starring as Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale…
Poland’s PL-01: The stealth tank that has never seen a battlefield
Countries regularly strive to update their military capabilities with the latest weaponry and armored vehicles. In 2013, Poland introduced the PL-01, a concept tank designed…
China secretly raised a British submarine from the ocean floor without anyone knowing for decades
In 1931, the British submarine HMS Poseidon (P99) sank following a collision with a Chinese merchant vessel near China’s coastline. At the time, the incident captured…
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star – the first jet fighter of the U.S. Air Force – had a significant impact in the final phase of WWII
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star—later redesignated the F-80—made history as the first jet fighter to enter operational service with the U.S. Army Air Forces. While…
Women like Freddie and Truus Oversteegen played an important but overlooked role in the resistance movements of WWII
Throughout World War II, women played critical yet frequently overlooked roles within resistance movements across German-occupied Europe. They undertook some of the most hazardous assignments…
Lurking in the Vietnam jungle were horrifying hidden dangers that posed as much of a threat to American soldiers as enemy forces
Vietnam’s battlefield was unforgiving in ways that extended far beyond combat. American troops contended not only with enemy gunfire and sudden ambushes, but with a…
A simple mission to gather information on Thanksgiving 1968 spiraled into chaos when six MACV-SOG found themselves up against 30,000 enemy troops
While families across the United States sat down to Thanksgiving dinners in 1968, six members of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations…
Known as ‘Wisky’, the USS Wisconsin memorably lost her temper with a North Korean vessel and delivered a devastating broadside that obliterated the enemy’s guns
The USS Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship, served as a formidable symbol of American sea power for over half a century, seeing action in World…
Some believe that before he was a children’s television icon, Mister Rogers had a secret military past
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001) became a cultural touchstone for children and families across North America, earning widespread praise for addressing difficult topics—such as death, divorce,…
Developed during the pressures of the Cold War, the Sprint Missile was one of the fastest ever built, reaching levels of Mach 10 in seconds
Born from the intense pressures of the Cold War, the Sprint missile was designed to solve one urgent problem: stopping Soviet nuclear warheads in the…