Category: History

Whether it was because of misunderstandings, used as an excuse, or purely because someone was just hangry (pun intended), there had been instances where war was started because of food.

In military history’s most epic tank battle, McMaster found himself outnumbered by Iraq during the Gulf War.

Could Davy Jones had taken them and locked them away in his locker? Was it perhaps the Bermuda Triangle creatures? We may never know. Here are some ships that mysteriously disappeared and were yet to be found.

A massive amount of letters flooded the military mail system that the US military postal service conceived what was called the V-mail.

The last sight of Goode and the three other chaplains: the four of them arm in arm, praying together as Dorchester was slowly enveloped by the unforgiving waves.

During WWII, to boost the morale of the soldiers, soldier shows were authorized. Thus the beginning of GIs dressing up as drag queens.

While most of the treaties were reasonable, well planned, and logical, there were some that involved unlikely and unusual objects that would make you scratch your head.

For the radiomen on the Vietnam War, the odds were even more against them that their life expectancy in the field was five seconds.

Sometimes, strategizing involves bluffing the enemies and tricking them into thinking that they already knew your next move, only to find out later that you played them. The next thing they knew, they were on the losing side.

Ah, yes, that good 17th-century ole tradition of glamorous, rogue, easily profitable but dangerous seafaring robbery.

In the past, it was but a lawless open world where anything and everything was possible. The result was some of the most unconventional, astonishing, and sometimes hard-to-believe combat techniques.

Here are some historical events that were said to be predicted to happen by prophets of their time.