Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...
How the US Military Scrambled to Recover a Missing Bomb During the Cold War If not for a Spanish fisherman who saw something and said something, the U.S. Air Force might never have recovered a missing...
A CIA Base Was Their Home During the 'Secret War' in Laos. Now Hmong Americans Can Finally See it Again. Long Tieng was so secret when the Xiongs lived there that it did not appear on maps; now, anyone can find the location and...
How Airmen Started a Golf Club in the Nazi POW Camp Known for 'The Great Escape' It began with one used golf club, sent to a British military pilot detained in a German POW camp during World War II...
Why the Statue of George Washington in London’s Trafalgar Square Was Taken Down Military history buffs in London were probably perplexed to see the statue of George Washington, a gift presented by the...
Trump Designates Thursday as a Day for the US to Celebrate Victory in World War II Trump complained in recent social media posts that the U.S. doesn’t spend enough time celebrating its military victories like...
Canada Faked a Nazi Invasion of Winnipeg to Raise Money for War Bonds There was very little doubt about what Canada would do in the wake of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939.
The World Marks the 80th Anniversary of V-E Day with Parades and Memorials. Here's What to Know Cities from London to Moscow will be awash with parades, flyovers and memorials this week as the world marks the 80th...
100-Year-Old Veteran Kicks Off V-E Day Events as Britain Thanks Those Who Saved It During WWII The parade didn't begin until Alan Kennett, who landed in northern France on D-Day, accepted the salute from Garrison Sgt...
80 Years After Liberation From the Nazis, the Dutch Commemorate the Victims of War The national day of commemoration honors military personnel and civilians killed in conflicts around the world since the...
Hegseth Orders End to Race Consideration in Admissions at Military Service Academies Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for...
'Billion Dollar Spy' Is the Real Story of the Only Russian Agent Whose Portrait Hangs in CIA Headquarters The upcoming film, based on a book from Pulitzer Prize-winning author David E. Hoffman, stars Russell Crowe, Tony Goldwyn...
Pentagon Moves Out on Transgender Ban After Supreme Court Ruling About 1,000 service members who volunteered to leave the military after the Trump administration unveiled its transgender...
Soviet-Era Spacecraft Plunges to Earth After 53 Years Stuck in Orbit The chances of anyone getting clobbered by spacecraft debris were exceedingly low, scientists said.
Lessons Not Learned As this is being written on the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the final end of the Vietnam War, that history is...