Military history

Jennings had the troops remove the grenades from the boxes and he peppered the attacking NVA troops with a constant barrage of grenades.

A top secret military mission. A famous civilian oceanographer. The story of how the Titanic was found that was never told.

For most of us, Christmas is and has always been a holiday. But did you know that five major historical events took place on December 25th?

Navy SEALs have become a celebrated part of our special operations force, but do you know which President created the SEALs?

These three snipers had nearly 300 confirmed kills, but what makes them examples for Marines today is more than their skills in battle.

The USS Oklahoma sank in roughly 11 minutes, trapping scores of men inside the the overturned battleship who had to fight to escape.

A massive series of under-ice tunnels capable of storing, transporting, and launching nuclear ballistic missiles, dubbed Project Iceworm.

“It’s just the end of the road,” Ralph Santillo, founder and CEO of the military museum said to the Cape Coral News-Press. “That’s it.”

Less than a month after the fall of Sicily, the Allies began their quest to liberate mainland Italy. On September 3, 1943, the British undertook simultaneous landings in the Calabria “toe” region of Italy. About a week later, on September 9, 1943, the Americans launched Operation Avalanche near the port of Salerno. The operation began […]

You can read the previous part here. We explored the historical background of the Rhodesian SAS C Squadron. Now it is time to focus on a few of the missions that they undertook during the Rhodesian Bush War, a war that threatened to destroy the government of Rhodesia, take the land and evict those of […]

James Maurice Gavin, born 113 years ago of yesterday, would rise to become the youngest Major General to command a division in World War II. He led the 82nd Airborne during the D-Day invasion, Operation Market-Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. He was known “The Jumping General” or “Jumpin’ Jim,” as he would jump […]

Despite their defeat, the Greeks who fought in the Battle of Thermopylae set the foundation for the final victory achieved by their countrymen.