Category: Military History

The black neckerchief was one of the sailors’ dress uniforms essential. More than that, it serves another purpose for its wearer.

We commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, an occasion that memorializes the 6 million Jewish lives lost in WWII.

In WWII, during the D-Day invasion, the Allied troops had a lot of obstacles to overcome. Hedgerows were one of them

Everybody makes mistakes, but some are too costly to afford. Here are some of the costly Revolutionary War mistakes made by the British.

If you’re in the mood to read and learn about the stories that happened during World War I, you can check these books out.

Sabot is a non-explosive tank round that releases a dart-like rod and annihilates everything and everyone along its path.

Nose art was a well-known practice during WWII. Take a look at some of the well-known subjects from pin-up women to patriotic messages.

It’s horrifying to know what the people of Oradour-sur-Glane went through at the hands of the Nazis. 77 years after, the remnants of the town still remain untouched.

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.

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 […]

Doctor Bob Adams graduated from the Naval Academy and became a Navy SEAL. While in the Reserves he finished medical school and joined the Army. He then found himself as the Chief Surgeon for Delta Force.

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