War What Started the Revolutionary War? By the year 1774, trouble was brewing between the American colonies and Parliament. READ MORE The Gulf of Tonkin Incident Also known as the USS Maddox Incident, this was one of the most highly disputed international confrontations that was the real reason that America dove into the Vietnam war headfirst. READ MORE The Youngest Recipient of the WWII Medal of Honor Jack "Indestructible" Lucas dove on two grenades and survived both times. READ MORE The American Bomber That Flew Right Through The Nazis At the helm of his P-51 Mustang, James H. Howard few through nearly 100 German dogfighting planes, alone, to deliver his bomb. READ MORE The War of 1812 Didn't Go Down The Way You Think It Did Also known as "The War of Faulty Communication," the War of 1812 could have been completely ignored if it weren't for some seriously headstrong individuals. READ MORE How the Australian Military Lost a War Against Emus In 1932, Emus practically took control of rural Australia. They stayed in control too. READ MORE The Nika Riot A small, seemingly insignificant squabble in early Constantinople ended with the burning of the city and the attempted overthrowing of an emperor. READ MORE The Opium Wars In the fourth installment of "the stupidest wars in human history," we bring you the Chinese/British Opium Wars. This one is a doozy. READ MORE The War of Jenkins' Ear Part two of our four-part series on the stupidest wars in human history starts today! This morning we will be diving into the War of Jenkins' Ear. READ MORE One of the Stupidest Wars of All Time Was Fought Over a Pastry Shop The famed "Pastry War" was less about a pastry shop and more about the white-European nationalism that was so pervasive in the world until the 1900s. READ MORE Virginia Hall Was the Most Badass Woman of WWII Virginia Hall was the first and only American woman that involved herself in the European affairs of WWII before America even got involved. She was once named "the most dangerous of all Allied spies." READ MORE Stanisława Leszczyńska: The Midwife Who Delivered More Than 3,000 Babies in Auschwitz Although most associate concentration camps with death and ruin, Stanisława Leszczyńska brought life into the world under the most extreme and daunting circumstances. READ MORE What Was the Second Sino-Japanese War? Between 1937 and 1945 China and Japan waged conflicts that were not related to WWII. This was some of the bloodiest conflicts in the history of Asia. READ MORE Russian Media is Trying to Instigate a Civil War in America “It is better to remain neutral, but if we had to choose, then Trump is certainly ours.” -Vladamir Putin, September 17, 2020 READ MORE Remembering the Battle of Gettysburg One of the bloodiest turning points in the Civil War pitted the two famous generals against one another head to head. READ MORE Senator Pushes to Honor Forgotten Black WWII Hero Senator Chris Van Hollen has spoken out about the fact that Cpl. Waverly Woodson, a WWII medic who saved countless lives, has never received his Medal of Honor because he was black. READ MORE Trump Trashes Marines Killed in WWI Another true and well-reported incident is now being called "totally false" and an "absolute lie" by the Trump administration. READ MORE America Has Never Been a Peaceful Nation With the current spread of self-motivated right-wing militias threatening their involvement in the newest American civil war, while being egged on by the president, Americans should look to the past to understand that these are dire times. READ MORE Noor Inayat Khan: The Muslim Princess Who Infiltrated Nazi Occupied France Khan had a legacy to live but lost it due to WWII. She took her revenge by derailing the nazi party, which eventually led to her death. READ MORE The Six Events That Set the Tone for the Vietnam War The Vietnam War extended from 1955-1975 in a conflict between the divided North and South. These events led to the beginning of this war... READ MORE Remembering the Bombing of Pearl Harbor At 7:55 a.m. in Hawaii, a swarm of Japanese bomber planes descended on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. READ MORE Load More
