Category: Military History

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?

Royal Marine Commandos are ready with the best bad idea possible.

One of the first-ever Special Forces underwater operations wasn’t targeted against an enemy. Rather, it was to assist in the search and recovery of 26 Americans who had perished in a freak aircraft collision. On March 7, 1958, a United States Marine Corps (USMC) R4Q (C-119) “Flying Boxcar” transport and a United States Navy (USN) […]

During the early morning of July 10, 1943, Operation Husky, the largest amphibious landing in military history, was about to take place.

Father Willie Doyle would rush out of the trench to save soldiers regardless of whether they were English, Irish, or German.

Amid the horrors of WWI’s trench warfare, a unit was created to conduct missions that the conventional forces couldn’t perform.

A sunken Soviet submarine packed with nukes. A window for America to gain the upper hand in the Cold War. A CIA cover story worth three billion dollars. I give you Project Azorian, or how the U.S. tried to steal a Soviet sub. It’s the late 1960s. Nuclear submarines are a key cog in a […]

Being a top model, a Countess, and an OSS/CIA agent might sound fantastical. But that was just the average day in the life of Aline Griffith.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. Read how Britain nearly built HMS Habakkuk, an aircraft carrier made of ice, to hunt U-boats!

“Navigate the apparatus and move out smartly!!” Find out about “Nasty Nick,” the famous Special Forces Obstacle Course.