Military History

Through the summer and fall of 1943, the 29th Ranger Battalion earned the respect of the British Commandos.

In trying to save the men of USS Squalus the Navy rescuers would try tactics that had never been used before.

In an extraordinary feat of bravery and faith Desmond Doss saved 75 of his fellow soldiers attending to each one individually.

In November 1950 Ralph Puckett and his 50 Rangers repeatedly held off a Chinese battalion. Puckett’s actions that day made him a legend.

On Armed Forces Day we celebrate and honor all the men and women who serve on the U.S. military and are ready to give their lives to protect us.

Operation Nimrod put the legendary SAS firmly into the limelight and made them the terror of their enemies.

Fifty-four years ago, a group of commandos fought for their lives in a small valley in one of the boldest special operations missions of the Vietnam War.

Every so often extraordinary men emerge. Robert MacKenzie was such a man doing more than most to stop Communism.

Simo Häyhä was as deadly as a machine gun. His Soviet adversaries aptly called him “the White Death.”

The Battle of the Coral Sea proved that the Japanese juggernaut could be stopped. And nothing was the same afterwards.

Sometimes the only gear needed is a wink, a can-do attitude… and some next-level diving gear. Prepare for a tale of underwater politics, espionage, and treachery.

Spetsnaz is a name that conjures fear to many. But who are these elite Russian troops and what is their history?