The successor to Chuck Yeager’s X-1 paid a deadly price for breaking this supersonic record.
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Oops! A Faulty Toilet That Scuttled a Submarine, a Fighter Jet That Shot Itself Down—and More!
Mistakes will happen, even in the military. Here are six mishaps, miscalculations, and malfunctions that prove it
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The Capture of Hamburger Hill
In May 1969, U.S. soldiers paid a heavy price in America’s last great combat assault of the war. Was it worth it?
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Facing the Enemy: The crucible of combat forged unique unit cultures within Civil War regiments
Tactical success in combat rests upon a foundation of deeply human factors, and the battles of the Civil War were no exception.
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Daily Quiz for March 26, 2019
This Confederate general was an Episcopal Bishop in civilian life.
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The Kaiser’s Last Battle
Overshadowed by the tragedies at Verdun and the Somme, the Germans’ 1918 Spring Offensive was nevertheless an apocalyptic storm that would herald Imperial Germany’s darkest hour.
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A Man Named Hazard Conquered Mount Rainier
Steely Civil War vet braved ice, altitude, and treachery to reach an unreachable summit
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Daily Quiz for March 25, 2019
The set of fortresses Vauban built between 1668 and 1698 on Frances northern border was called this.
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Daily Quiz for March 24, 2019
In March 1943 President Roosevelt created this Army Air Force unit.
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Daily Quiz for March 23, 2019
In 1865 Jefferson Davis approved the use of this weapon.