Category: History

Would you declare war for a stolen bucket? Let’s have a look at three of history’s stupidest wars and why they happened.

In 1867, William Thompson was busy fixing telegraph wires in Omaha when a group of Cheyenne warriors attacked and removed his scalp.

More than just for decorative purposes, sailors have numerous classic tattoos that represent beliefs and emotions. Here are some of them.

In 1981, something fell from the skies. Did the Soviet Union use mycotoxins as a chemical weapon, or was it something… stinkier?

With just forty-four men dressed as American soldiers, SS Colonel Otto Skorzeny’s commando unit wreaked havoc and confusion behind U.S. lines in the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge that began on December 16th, 1944

Do you know which conflict is considered the shortest war in history? Read this story about how the British held island of Zanzibar off the coast of German-controlled Tanzania became the flashpoint for a war that lasted just thirty-seven minutes.

The origins of the National Guard are older than America itself as a country. At 385 years old, the National Guard is the nation’s oldest military branch.

Here is a brief history of the 150-year-old Smith & Wesson Company and how it became the Icon it is today.

SOFREP’s resident Football expert and Senior Editor Steve Balestrieri gives you the rundown on the 122nd Army-Navy football game.

Did you know the Air Force can claim to be the living Gods of a religion they created and ministered to for more than seventy years?

Under The Influence In one of the stranger, side-stories about Pearl Harbor and the immediate aftermath is the story that when President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his speech to Congress on December 8, 1941, after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, that he quite possibly was under the influence of cocaine.  The issue was […]

A Date Which Will Live In Infamy “…December 7th, 1941. A date which will live in infamy. The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by air and naval forces of the empire of Japan.” These were the opening words of a speech by President Franklin Roosevelt when he appeared before Congress the […]