Category: History

Kali is a weapon disarming martial art that originated from the Philippines that even Jason Bourne practiced.

The Cold War prompted both the United States and the Soviet Union to get creative in designing weapons that could be used against each other.

Léo Major was a Canadian soldier who single-handedly freed the town of Zwolle from the Germans. In return, he got a street named after him.

Gallic women were known to yell at their tribe warriors during combats, all while holding their babies, and for good reasons.

How far would you go to save a friend? Would you selflessly jump on a grenade to save him? Cpl. Kyle Carpenter did.

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.