Today marks the 45th anniversary of America’s withdrawal of combat troops from Vietnam. The withdrawal came two months after the Paris Peace Accords were...
Category - Wars
War requires the use of a variety of machines, from submarines and aircraft to battleships and cruisers. But carriers are often the centerpiece of modern...
Airplanes are among the most historically important inventions we’ve ever developed. Without them, the modern world would not be possible. The history of...
Today marks the anniversary of the explosion of the American battleship the USS Maine. The Maine sat in Havana harbor, Cuba when it exploded, killing 260 of...
Today in 1945, Allied forces began the firebombing campaign that would completely destroy the German city Dresden, killing somewhere between 22,700 and 25,000...
Dr. Josef Mengele, one of history’s most terrifying figures, died today in 1979 of a stroke while on a swim in Brazil. Mengele was a medical doctor who...
Peter Jackson, best known for directing the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit film trilogies, will be restoring and colorizing archival footage from World War I...
Today in 1919, world leaders converged in Paris to begin the long negotiation process that would result in the close of World War I. The leaders of the Allied...
Today in 1980, in response to the USSR’s invasion of Afghanistan in December of 1979, President Carter recalled the American ambassador to Moscow and...
There is no greater fear for pilots and air travelers than a crash. The wrecked aircraft in this list are testament to the reality of air crashes. Some of them...