History

The British Royal Marines Commandos have a long and illustrious history. These are some facts you may not know about them.

Today, we would call Joshua Chamberlain, the rhetoric professor with a stutter, a nerd. How wrong would we be!

At the time, Thomas Jefferson’s slave passage created a lot of contention and was eventually dropped from the Declaration of Independence.

He was 78 when British troops shot him in the face, bayonetted him six times, and clubbed him. They thought he was dead. They were wrong.

Never again would the Confederates venture into Northern territory. From that point, until the war’s end, they’d be fighting a defensive war.

From the genius of Flagg’s Uncle Sam poster to the cringy 80s to the animation of today, these are the best and worst Army recruiting ads.

Saddam Hussein deftly maneuvered through the Ba’ath party’s ranks to become president of Iraq and usher in his a brutal dictartorship.

Nestled between Memorial Day and the 4th of July, Flag Day is often overlooked, but it traces its roots back to the early days of the United States. 

Unlike many of the paratroopers who went through their baptism of fire on D-Day, Charles DeGlopper was already an experienced fighter.

Thanks to their risky choice of disobeying orders some of these soldiers became heroes. They save lives, cities, or the entire world.

“What outfit is this?” Cota asked still standing upright. “5th Rangers,”was said. “Well Hell Rangers, Lead the Way!” And the Rangers’ motto was born.

In just five minutes, the entire scope of the war had changed. Japan’s massive superiority in aircraft carriers was obliterated in Midway.