Category: History

The words “pope” and “warrior” don’t go together in one sentence. Putting two together is a juxtaposition unless, of course, you’re Pope Julius II, who happened to be called the “Warrior Pope.”

Just two years before the holocaust, Hitler’s planners came up with an operation involving disabled children.

A minstrel song with a seemingly innocent name was allegedly used as a mockery to the Confederacy by the Union troops from the Northern parts of the US. 

One unpopular experimental weapon developed by the United States during World War II was the use of bats to drop bombs over Japan.

War calls for conservation measures to help in the war effort, so people had to find creative and effective ways to cut back on costs and supplies.

Great and clear communication is key, especially when threats of enemy attack are at bay, but it was quite a different story in the Battle of Cape Esperance.

Upon hearing the news of the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the descendants of crusader knights of Georgia kitted up in gear from the Middle Ages and rode to the governor’s palace asking. “Where’s the war?”

Like retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor said, “War is a very human endeavor, and mistakes inevitably will occur.”

It was like a prophecy when Legionnaire named Alan Seeger wrote his poem about meeting death before he marched towards the Battle of Somme.

We all know that a war zone is no place for a child. But, at the age of 15, Dan Bullock was fighting in Vietnam for his country. Here’s his story.

While we usually hear about ballistic, hypersonic, and all kinds of missiles, the US also explored using a giant, man-operated robot called Beetle.

You think just keeping your rack made and your uniform squared away in the military is a pain in the ass? Try sticking it out in a steaming jungle on orders to remain in place, as Lt Onoda of the Imperial Japanese Army did. For 30 years.