Soldier manning a Darne machine gun on a boat

The Darne Machine Gun Could Be Used as Both a Ground and Aerial Weapon

Of the many weapons created at the end of the First World War, the Darne machine gun is certainly one of the less popular. It…

Destroyed Iraqi tanks in defensive entrenchments

Battle of Norfolk: The Largest Tank Battle of the First Gulf War

The First Gulf War consisted of a number of fierce battles between the Iraqi and coalition forces. The first phase of the conflict, dubbed Operation…

Two Avro Arrows at the bottom of a picturesque lake

The Incredible Discovery of Cold War-Era Avro Arrows At the Bottom of Lake Ontario

Avro Canada’s CF-105 Arrow was a sophisticated aircraft that put the Canadian air industry on the map. The Cold War-era jet interceptor was designed to…

Kirk Douglas as Col. Dax in 'Paths of Glory'

Before Becoming Hollywood’s Leading Man, Kirk Douglas was Chasing Japanese Submarines In the Pacific

Kirk Douglas is arguably one of the most famous names to emerge during Hollywood’s heyday in the 1950s and ’60s. Known for taking on particularly…

Close-up of hands pinning the Combat Infantry Badge (CIB) onto a US Army soldier's uniform

US Army to Introduce New Master Combat Badge to Solve Uniform Problem

If you’re a soldier with the US Army who’s served in combat and mastered your job skills, we have good news for you. The service…

Wreck of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) on the seafloor

Expedition Produces New Images of Shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway

The Battle of Midway in June 1942 was a turning point of the War in the Pacific. While the United States lost a handful of…

Painting of a soldier feeding three owls

Brightening Trench Warfare: How Soldiers Found Comfort in Nature During WWI

The conditions during the First World War were often depicted as bleak, desolate and filthy. For many, life on the Western Front was unsanitary at…

Iraqi Soldiers fire AK-47's during training exercises

The 5 Most Effective Infantry Weapons Still Being Used Today

Thanks to the development and refinement of weapons, infantry warfare changed dramatically over the course of the 20th Century. Assault weapons that were once heavy…

Finnish soldiers man a Maxim gun during the Winter War

5 Embarrassing Battle Losses From Military History

There are simple rules governing most battle victories in recorded history. And one of them is; if one army has a significant advantage in terms…

Exterior of the Buckner Building

Alaska’s Buckner Building: A Former Cold War-Era Military Base

The Buckner Building, named for Gen. Simon Buckner, is a former US military base located in Whittier, Alaska. Situated along the western edge of the…

Landscape torn apart by war + German soldier armed with a panzerschreck

Battle of Fort Driant – World War II’s Strangest Engagement?

The Battle of Fort Driant was a World War II-era engagement fought between the US Third Army and Germany’s 1st Army from September 27 to…

Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridus in 'Gladiator' + Fionn Whitehead as Tommy Jensen in 'Dunkirk' + Felix Kammerer as Paul Bäumer in 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

The Best Movie Battle Scenes to Ever Come Out of Hollywood

By Todd Neikirk and Clare Fitzgerald A number of incredible war films are released each year. Covering both fictional and real-life historical conflicts, many go…