history
Since the 1920s, a low-tech tabletop replica of an aircraft carrier’s flight deck has been an essent...
During World War II, Allied intelligence agencies used specially altered playing cards to help POWs ...
Like other Nazis, Julius Streicher enriched himself by stealing Jewish property. But instead of art ...
In 1960, to test escape options for pilots ejecting from aircraft at extreme altitudes, Joseph Kitti...
Two centuries ago, a group of Marines fought a desperate battle against British troops that resulted...
Since World War I, the US military has designed hand grenades to resemble baseballs, and for good re...
The American service member’s love affair with the poncho liner, aka the “woobie,” began six decades...
In World War II, American forces in Europe faced different foes, weather, and logistical hurdles tha...
In 1962, the Department of Defense detonated a nuclear depth charge off the coast of California as p...
Tanks first rolled into battle more than 100 years ago during World War I. From then to now, this is...
