Category: Military History

Operation Market Garden was a spectacular, yet flawed, “airborne carpet” of troops that tried to create a salient in the German front.

The idyllic and small atoll of Tarawa was the site of a brutal battle that forced the Marines to adjust their training and approach to reconnaisance.

“When we go in, we want to go in together,” the Sullivan brothers had said. “If the worst comes to the worst, why, we’ll all have gone down together.”

The wrath that the Marines delivered was so severe that the internal infrastructure of Alcatraz began to give in.

Trench shotguns were so effective in World War I that Germany deposited a formal complaint to the U.S. objecting to their use.

From gunning down crocodiles with his plane to being the terror of the Japanese, Richard Bong, the Ace of Aces, will always be remembered.

Who said the SAS feed only on enemy sentries and terrorists?

In the Battle of Peleliu, after running out of ammunition during the night, the Americans resorted to even throwing empty ammo cans at the enemy.

A well-trained commando means the enemy will not see the attack coming.

The raid on Cabanatuan was a classic example of a joint special operations mission that was incredibly planned and executed.

It may be 70 years old, but the B-52 Stratofortress can blow up anything from a bunker to a city and will be doing so for many years to come.

The extremely versatile C-130 plane has been serving the U.S. for nearly 70 years and still going strong proving that looks don’t matter.