History

Have you ever wondered how the executioners of the Medieval Era got their job? As it turns out, it was a profession in many ways like any other, but with some surprising twists.

War strategies are planned thoroughly to get higher chances of success, if not guarantee it. However, sometimes, unexpected events happen.

So I got into a brief exchange on Twitter the other day About John Wayne being a draft dodger in WWII. These claims go back for decades, leveled by biographers, some historians, and some who hate John Wayne for the image he enjoys as the expression of American manhood: Stoic, fair-minded, moral, and forthright. In […]

Former Navy SEAL and later Delta Force Chief Surgeon Bob Adams tells the story of the near loss of his six-year-old son to an infection. Bob was then a third-year medical student but he knew something wasn’t right about the treatment his son was receiving.

Surviving a sinking ship is considered pretty lucky. Surviving three is more than amazing. Doing so while being a cat is epic.

When Sigurd the Mighty defeated his enemy in a treacherous way, he didn’t expect the kind of revenge that he’d get from its decapitated head.

If you imagine submarines as ships under the sea where you could watch schools of fishes swim by the window, then you’re wrong.

Machine guns are awesome because of their firepower. Here are some of the machine guns that the US Army used during different wars.

Alvin York did what seemed impossible: he killed some 20 German soldiers and captured 132 of them— single-handedly.

Aside from men, there were also fierce, independent, smart female pirates who once sailed the seas. Meet three of them.

During World War II, all sorts of weaponry for war were already available; that was when the American Cavalry had their last horse charge.

In 1915, the war between the Germans and the Russians once caused what was known as “The Attack of The Dead Men.”