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    • EXCERPT: ‘Witty Manny’ – How a Man Drilled in Tyranny Became a Thriving Citizen of American Democracy

      May 26, 2024

    • Pacific Wrecks Team Locates What They Believe to Be Richard Bong’s Missing P-38 ‘Marge’

      May 06, 2024

    • The Surprising Origins Behind These 9 Military Superstitions

      March 21, 2024

    • New Trailer Release for Kate Winslet’s Upcoming World War II Film ‘Lee’

      February 14, 2024

    • New Trailer Released for Upcoming ANZAC Movie ‘Before Dawn’

      February 06, 2024

    • Jerry Bruckheimer Doesn’t Know When ‘Top Gun 3’ Will Get Made: ‘Tom Is So Busy’

      January 12, 2024

    • China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Undergoing First Round of Sea Trials

      January 05, 2024

    • Buffalo Soldiers Receive Military Burial Honors After US Army Overturns Century-Old Convictions

      November 15, 2023

    • Official Teaser Released for Upcoming WWII-Era Miniseries, ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’

      August 25, 2023

    • Trailer Released for ‘One Life,’ Starring Anthony Hopkins as ‘British Oskar Schindler’

      July 27, 2023

    • Check Out These Movies If You Liked ‘Oppenheimer’

      July 24, 2023

    • American Soldier Who Crossed Into North Korea Charged With Desertion, Other Counts

      July 19, 2023

    • Fictional Military Leaders We’d Follow Into Battle

      July 09, 2023

    • The Most Beautiful Military Aircraft to Ever Roll Off the Production Line

      June 12, 2023

    • Charles Robert Jenkins Defected to North Korea Because He Didn’t Want to Serve in Vietnam – He Was Held for 39 Years

      May 16, 2023

    • ‘More Than Fitting’ – Mel Gibson Speaks Out About Fort Benning Being Renamed for Hal and Julie Moore

      May 12, 2023

    • Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star: The Only US Jet Fighter to See Action In WWII – During Secret Operations In Italy

      May 10, 2023

    • The Many Incredible War Movies of Donald Sutherland

      May 03, 2023

    • Robert Downey Jr. Tackles Several Roles In Trailer for HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’

      April 13, 2023

    • Apple TV+ Premiere Date Revealed for Ridley Scott Historical Drama ‘Napoleon’

      April 04, 2023

    • F16 vs F18: Comparing the F-16 & F-18 Top Speed, Firepower & Designs

      January 27, 2023

    • Josef Mencik: The Last Knight Who Stood Up to the Germans In WWII

      January 11, 2023

    • Oppenheimer’s Grandson Wishes Christopher Nolan Had Omitted One Scene From the Movie

      December 19, 2022

    • First Official Trailer for ‘Gladiator II’ Shows Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal Face Off in the Colosseum

      December 14, 2022

    • Viktor Belenko: The Soviet Pilot Whose Defection Gave the West Access to the MiG-25

      December 12, 2022

    • Military Hacks That’ll Make Everyday Life That Much Easier

      December 06, 2022

    • Apple TV+ Releases Sneak Peek of the First Episode of ‘Masters of the Air’

      December 02, 2022

    • Actors Who Served in Vietnam: Famous Vietnam Veterans and Celebrities Who Bravely Fought in the War

      November 29, 2022

    • The Story Behind Netflix’s Fort Hood Documentary, ‘I Am Vanessa Guillén’

      November 08, 2022

    • Deadly Military Uniform Designs That Ultimately Got Soldiers Killed

      November 03, 2022

    • Norman Lear Flew 52 Combat Missions with the US Army Air Forces During WWII

      October 25, 2022

    • The Surprisingly Sweet Role Ice Cream Played During World War II

      October 18, 2022

    • 6-Star General: Only Three Individuals Have Been Promoted to the Prestigious Rank

      October 03, 2022

    • The Most Dangerous Military Aircraft to Ever Take to the Skies

      September 30, 2022

    • John McCain Opened Up About What It Was Like Being a POW In the Vietnam War

      September 29, 2022

    • Road Workers Were Amazed By An Unexpected World War II-Era Discovery In Chartres

      September 21, 2022

    • USS Grayback (SS-208) Found After 75 Years; What Was Onboard Was Unexpected

      September 16, 2022

    • The USS Texas (BB-35) Was Intentionally Flooded During D-Day

      September 15, 2022

    • Judge Rules That Removal of Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery Can Continue

      September 15, 2022

    • Mike Vining: The Delta Force Operator That Became a Military Meme

      September 12, 2022

    • Johnny Depp Historical Drama ‘Jeanne du Barry’ to Debut in American Theaters This May

      August 12, 2022

    • How Many 5 Star Generals Are There? Nine: A List of 5 Star Generals in the US

      July 26, 2022

    • These Are the Most Heartbreaking Deaths to Ever Occur in Military Movies

      July 04, 2022

    • Lee Van Cleef Received the Bronze Star For His Service in the US Navy During World War II

      June 30, 2022

    • Canadian War Crimes in WW1: How German Soldiers Were Exploited by Canadian Troops

      June 21, 2022

    • Most Countries Fail to Spend the Necessary Amount on Defense and Other Facts About NATO

      June 17, 2022

    • Top Gun Planes: The Aircraft & Jets Used in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ (2022)

      June 16, 2022

    • Small Details in Military Films That Make Them More Accurate

      June 15, 2022

    • Vietnam War Traps: 9 Viet Cong Booby Traps That Defined the Vietnam War

      June 13, 2022

    • Was Ball Turret Gunner the Worst Position to Hold During World War II?

      May 20, 2022

    • Myths About the American Civil War That Need to Be Addressed

      May 20, 2022

    • Grumman F-14 Tomcat: The Versatile Fighter Made For Top Gun Pilots

      May 04, 2022

    • The Night Vision Scope Gave the Americans a Much-Needed Edge on Okinawa

      May 04, 2022

    • USS Houston (CL/CA-30): The Galloping Ghost of World War II

      April 18, 2022

    • Vincent Speranza: The American Soldier Who Went On An Epic Beer Run to Help a Comrade

      April 12, 2022

    • Clark Gable Flew Five Combat Missions With the Eighth Air Force During World War II

      April 07, 2022

    • John ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill: The British Army Officer Who Charged Into Battle With a Longbow, Broadsword and a Set of Bagpipes

      March 24, 2022

    • NFL Players Who Lost Their Lives Serving in the US Military

      March 24, 2022

    • Little-Known Facts About the F-35 Lightning II Helmet – It Costs More Than a Ferrari!

      March 10, 2022

    • The Maxim Gun Changed Warfare – With Devastating Results

      March 10, 2022

    • These Unsettling Facts About WWII Aren’t Taught In School

      March 01, 2022

    • Bob Hope Dedicated Half a Century to Entertaining Troops With the USO

      February 23, 2022

    • These US Marine Corps ‘Facts’ Are Actually Myths – But They Make for Great Stories!

      February 23, 2022

    • The Often-Misinterpreted Truth About the Military Origins of the Hells Angels Name

      February 18, 2022

    • The Most Feared Warriors In Military History

      February 15, 2022

    • George H.W. Bush Flew 58 Combat Missions As One of the US Navy’s Youngest Aviators

      February 11, 2022

    • Humphrey Bogart Used His Real-Life Military Service to Bring Authenticity to His Movie Roles

      February 09, 2022

    • The Seven US Presidents Who Served During WWII

      February 09, 2022

    • Facts About the Guadalcanal Campaign That Show It Was a Pivotal Point In the Pacific Theater

      February 08, 2022

    • Quentin Roosevelt is the Only Child of a US President to Be Killed in Combat

      February 07, 2022

    • Fish and Chips Boosted the British Public’s Morale During World War II

      January 26, 2022

    • The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘Sturmböcke’ Was Designed to Take On the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

      January 25, 2022

    • Release Date, Behind-the-Scenes Featurette Released for Netflix Adaptation of ‘All the Light We Cannot See’

      January 12, 2022

    • USS Massachusetts (BB-59): The Battleship that Fired the Last Shot of World War II

      January 11, 2022

    • The Military is the Reason Why the Amish Have Their Distinctive Beards

      January 05, 2022

    • Down Street Tube Station: The Secret Bunker Where the Dunkirk Evacuation and D-Day Were Coordinated

      December 22, 2021

    • The Second World War Helped Launch Dick Van Dyke’s Acting Career

      December 21, 2021

    • Why Do US Navy Sailors Have 13-Button Pants?

      December 20, 2021

    • Aloysius Schmitt: The US Navy Chaplain Awarded the Silver Star for Saving 12 Sailors at Pearl Harbor

      December 14, 2021

    • The CIA Stole a Soviet Satellite During the Space Race

      November 19, 2021

    • Whisky War: The Most Polite Conflict In the History of War

      November 10, 2021

    • Obscure Military Ranks That No Longer Exist

      November 10, 2021

    • Marcus Luttrell’s Dog Was Shot, so the US Navy SEAL Went ‘John Wick’ on the Culprits

      November 01, 2021

    • 8 Times the US Was Attacked on Home Soil During World War II

      October 29, 2021

    • A Doctor’s Note Allowed Winston Churchill to Circumvent Prohibition in America

      October 29, 2021

    • Most of the Combat Footage from D-Day Was Dumped Into the English Channel By One Man

      October 29, 2021

    • Iconic Photos of Marilyn Monroe Entertaining American Troops in Korea

      October 26, 2021

    • The Stories Behind History’s Most Iconic War Photos

      October 22, 2021

    • Gary Gordon and Randall Shughart’s Heroic Efforts During the Battle of Mogadishu

      October 15, 2021

    • These Unusual US Military Experiments Prove Nothing is Too Far-Fetched to Try

      October 14, 2021

    • The US Department of Defense Has Its Own 26-Page Brownie Recipe

      October 12, 2021

    • These Wars from the 20th Century Don’t Get Enough Attention in History Classes

      October 04, 2021

    • Pepsi Once Had the 6th Largest Navy in the World

      September 30, 2021

    • The Strangest Military Units That Ever Existed – and Why

      September 27, 2021

    • The MOUNDS Chocolate Bar Helped American Espionage Efforts During World War II

      September 24, 2021

    • Before He Was a Jazz Legend, Tony Bennett Stormed Europe and Liberated a Concentration Camp

      September 21, 2021

    • Lloyd Fredendall: One of the Most Unsuccessful American Generals of World War II

      September 17, 2021

    • Wars That Nearly Happened – What Prevented Them From Breaking Out?

      September 09, 2021

    • How the Biggest Traitors In Military History Betrayed Their Countries

      September 03, 2021

    • History’s Strangest Tanks – Including the Kugelpanzer!

      September 03, 2021

    • Gremlins Were A Pilot’s Worst Enemy During World War II

      September 01, 2021

    • The Battle of the Bismarck Sea Made It Mandatory for Japanese Soldiers to Know How to Swim

      August 30, 2021

    • 4,000 Sea Mines Were Set Off By the Sun During the Vietnam War

      August 25, 2021

    • The Battles of Narvik Were Fueled By Allied and German Self-Interest

      August 20, 2021

    • Iron Dome: Israel’s Defense System That’s Up to 90 Percent Effective at Destroying Incoming Targets

      August 19, 2021

    • Cats Served As Mascots, Pest Control… Oh, and Gas Detectors

      July 29, 2021

    • Mobile Expeditionary Base Named for MoH Recipient Robert Simanek Christened By US Navy

      July 27, 2021

    • Yamato: Japan’s Prized Battleship Couldn’t Survive An Air Assault By the Americans At Okinawa

      July 22, 2021

    • The United States Unknowingly Predicted the Attack on Pearl Harbor Years Before It Happened

      July 20, 2021

    • Lockheed YO-3 Quiet Star: The American Aircraft That Flew Over Vietnam’s Treetops Undetected

      July 15, 2021

    • Little-Known Facts Even the Biggest Movie Fan Doesn’t Know About ‘Rambo’

      July 02, 2021

    • Canadian Rangers Were the Last Western Military Unit to Equip the Lee-Enfield

      June 28, 2021

    • A Chicago Tribune Reporter Revealed the US Had Cracked Japan’s Naval Code – The Enemy Didn’t Notice

      June 17, 2021

    • Project Habakkuk: The British Once Tried to Construct an Aircraft Carrier Out of Ice

      June 17, 2021

    • Attagirls: Remembering the Women Who Flew Supermarine Spitfires Across Britain

      June 16, 2021

    • Bell P-39 Airacobra: World War II’s Most Controversial Low-Altitude Fighter

      June 15, 2021

    • The Surprising Origins Behind These 9 Military Superstitions

      June 14, 2021

    • The ‘Wild’ History Behind America’s Counterintelligence Service

      June 11, 2021

    • Project Stargate: When the CIA Tried to Harness Psychic Energy Against the Soviets

      June 09, 2021

    • David Dushman: Last Surviving Soviet Solider to Liberate Auschwitz Dies at 98

      June 08, 2021

    • How Marie Curie Brought X-Ray Technology to the Front During World War I

      June 08, 2021

    • The Gross – But Life-Saving – Chocolate of World War II

      June 08, 2021

    • Iva Toguri D’Aquino: The ‘Tokyo Rose’ Who Tried to Help the Allies and Was Convicted of Treason

      June 04, 2021

    • Cold War-Era Double Agents Who Could Easily Outfox James Bond

      June 03, 2021

    • These Large Military Aircraft Make Us Wonder How They Ever Got Off the Ground

      June 03, 2021

    • The CIA Probably Wishes These Facts About the Agency Remained Classified

      June 02, 2021

    • Everyday Slang We Didn’t Know Originated In the Navy

      June 01, 2021

    • Bomber Mafia: Success, But At What Cost?

      May 31, 2021

    • The Ghost Army Bamboozled the Germans Big Time During World War II

      May 27, 2021

    • Ralph Puckett Received the Medal of Honor Seven Decades After His Heroics in Korea

      May 26, 2021

    • Color Photos of the War Effort During the 1940s Bring History to Life

      May 26, 2021

    • Bea Arthur Kept a Lifelong Secret: She Served in the US Marine Corps

      May 24, 2021

    • A Traitor Foiled a Raid By the ‘Father of the American Navy’ Against Britain During the Revolutionary War

      May 07, 2021

    • The Battle of the Bulge Was the Germans’ Last Major Offensive Against the Allies in Western Europe

      March 27, 2021

    • Attack of the Dead Men: The World War I Battle That Was Like a Scene Out of a Horror Movie

      January 13, 2021

    • ‘Band of Brothers’ Actors Who Later Became Big-Time Stars

      December 06, 2019

    • Photos of George Patton You Probably Haven’t Seen Before

      May 07, 2019

    • Remy Van Lierde: The WWII Air Ace Whose Helicopter Was Attacked By the World’s Largest Snake

      April 28, 2019

    • Amazing Innovation or Billion Dollar Blunder? The Norden Bombsight

      April 27, 2019

    • Project MKUltra: The CIA’s Unethical Cold War-Era Human Experimentation Program

      April 19, 2019

    • Maynard Harrison Smith Was Given Two Options: Go to Jail or Join the Army – He Wound Up Receiving the Medal of Honor

      April 09, 2019

    • Pearl Harbor: The Worst Military Decision In History?

      April 05, 2019

    • John Wayne, Draft Dodger? Why the Duke Never Served In World War II

      March 28, 2019

    • Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: The Most Produced American Fighter of World War II

      February 12, 2019

    • The BBC’s Coded Messages to the French Resistance During World War II

      January 01, 2019

    • Wilfred Wood: The British Private Who Took Over 300 Prisoners In Just One Battle

      December 31, 2018

    • Did German Americans Actually Leave the US to Fight for Germany During WWII?

      December 06, 2018

    • Facts About the North American P-51 Mustang – The USAAF’s Most Versatile Fighter

      November 08, 2018

    • Rick Rescorla: The Vietnam Veteran Who Saved 2,700 Lives on 9/11

      November 04, 2018

    • Remembering Easy Company In Photos

      October 14, 2018

    • Easy Company Facts Even Hardcore Fans of ‘Band of Brothers’ Don’t Know

      October 10, 2018

    • The 82-Day Battle of Okinawa Began With the Largest Amphibious Landing in the Pacific Theater

      September 22, 2018

    • WW2 Motorcycles: 9 Military Motorcycles That Were Used in WW2

      September 15, 2018

    • Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum: The Versatile Air Superiority Fighter That Could Launch Ground Attacks

      September 11, 2018

    • Sergei Aleshkov: ‘Seryozha’ Was the Youngest Soldier in WWII at 6 Years Old

      September 06, 2018

    • 31 US Presidents Have Served In the Military

      August 23, 2018

    • You’ve Likely Never Heard of the USS Parche (SSN-683), the US Navy’s Most Decorated Warship

      July 03, 2018

    • Operation Ranch Hand: The US Military’s Devastating Chemical Warfare Campaign During the Vietnam War

      May 31, 2018

    • Thomas Norris: The Inspiration for ‘Bat*21’ Who Saved Two Downed Pilots in Vietnam

      May 10, 2018

    • Battle of Mogadishu: The Devastating Engagement That Inspired ‘Black Hawk Down’

      March 30, 2018

    • Smoky: The 7-Inch Yorkie Whose Heroics Saved 250 Men and Kept 40 US Aircraft Operational in the Pacific

      February 15, 2018

    • Dr. Ruth Trained as a Military Sniper Before Becoming a World-Famous Sex Therapist

      February 01, 2018

    • 19 Behind-the-Scenes Facts We Didn’t Know About ‘Kelly’s Heroes’

      January 21, 2018

    • Little-Known Facts About ‘The Dirty Dozen’ – Charles Bronson Threatened Lee Marvin!

      January 19, 2018

    • Winter War: The Finns Put Up a Tough Fight Against Their Soviet Invaders

      December 20, 2017

    • Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack: The Soviet-Era Supersonic Bomber That Broke 44 World Records

      February 05, 2017

    • Coats Mission: King George VI’s Plan to Save the Royal Family If Germany Invaded Britain

      October 26, 2016

    • Photos of Nature Reclaiming the Fiercest Weapons of War: Tanks and Aircraft

      August 16, 2016

    • Little-Known Facts About the HBO Miniseries, ‘The Pacific’

      April 07, 2016

    • Fighting Filipinos: Philippine Resistance Against the Japanese Occupation

      March 17, 2016

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