# military
20 Fascinating Cold War Events and Vignettes
Mankind is lucky to have survived the Cold War, during which the Soviet and American blocs armed themselves with tens…
20 Historical Figures Who Changed The World, and Also Committed Monstrous Deeds
People are usually complex, and throughout history, other than at the extremes of the moral spectrum, few significant figures have…
The “Great Spy” Who Got His Revenge on the Soviet Union
Soviet and Russian leadership, pathologically suspicious of foreigners' intentions at the best of times, became outright paranoid after the devastating…
40 Fascinating But Lesser Known Facts About WWII
Many or most people are familiar with the basics and broad strokes of World War II. It began in 1939,…
40 Facts About the Japanese Who Refused to Surrender After WWII Had Ended
World War II officially ended in 1945 when Japan's representatives signed their country's articles of surrender aboard the USS Missouri…
The Tragic Final Hours on the American Fighting Front in WWI were Needlessly Brutal
By late September of 1918, it had become clear to German military commanders that they had lost World War I.…
The Highly Successful M16 Rifle Suffered from a Terrible Reputation When It Was First Introduced in Vietnam
During World War II, American soldiers had the world’s best rifle, the M1 Garand - a highly reliable .30 caliber…
This WWII Plan Consisted of Incinerating Japan With Bats Bearing Tiny Bombs
During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist named Lytle S. Adams had an outside-the-box-thinking brainstorm: incinerate Japanese cities with tiny…
This African Queen Fought the British Empire in the War of the Golden Stool
"Yaa Asantewaa, The woman who fights before cannons, You have accomplished great things, You have done well" -Ashanti song- In…
The Nazis Fought World War II While Tweaking on Crystal Meth
During the 1936 Berlin Olympics, German scientists observed how Benzedrine enhanced American athletes’ performance. After finding these results, they then…