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Mar 21, 2022

Doolittle Raid: America's WWII attack on Tokyo

The Doolittle Raid was a bombing attack carried out by the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) against Tokyo during World War II. On April 18, 1942, 16 carrier-based U.S. bombers struck the Japanese capital city, taking off from the flying deck of the U.S.S. Hornet. The Doolittle Raid was conceived,...

Mar 22, 2022

Cold War: Origins, combatants and leaders

The Cold War was an ideological conflict between the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union, and their respective allies. Despite being called a war, it was not a direct military confrontation between the two sides. Merriam Webster defines a cold war as a conflict over ideological differences carried...

Mar 29, 2022

The real Top Gun: History of the US Navy pilot school

The United States Navy (U.S.N.) Fighter Weapons School was established in 1969 in an attempt to stem US losses in the air war with Vietnam. Nicknamed Top Gun, the school taught dog fighting skills to a generation who were reliant on missiles and technology, and their efforts turned the tide...

Mar 29, 2022

US Navy sends 'electronic attack' jets to Germany: Here's how they work.

The United States has deployed six electronic attack aircraft to northern Europe, adding to its military forces in the region after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. They are designed to overcome enemy air defenses by crippling the radar systems that they often depend upon, giving friendly aircraft a substantial combat advantage....

Mar 31, 2022

Bataan Death March: Japan's WWII massacre

The Bataan Death March was an atrocity perpetrated by the Imperial Japanese Army on Allied POWs in the Philippine Commonwealth from April 9 until April 15, 1942. In the aftermath of Japan's invasion of the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941 — the day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor...

Apr 4, 2022

Can we prevent World War III? History of diplomacy and deterrence

To prevent the outbreak of World War III, which could involve the use of nuclear weapons, the world's superpowers have developed a system of diplomacy and deterrence. Despite this, since 1945 several crises have brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union (now the Russian Federation) close to a third devastating...

Apr 13, 2022

Able Archer: The NATO exercise that almost went nuclear

Able Archer was an annual NATO military exercise that involved thousands of military personnel and equipment. The goal of the exercise was to simulate an escalation in a conflict between NATO countries and the USSR, culminating in a co-ordinated nuclear attack. In 1983, the annual exercise almost triggered the outbreak...

Apr 22, 2022

How deadly is Putin's nuclear 'Satan 2' missile?

Russia has successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile that is capable of launching nuclear warheads anywhere across the globe, but the Pentagon has said it is not a threat to the United States or its allies. In a televised address following the missile's reported launch on Wednesday (April 20),...

Jun 29, 2022

World's deepest shipwreck found — a US navy warship sunk in biggest sea battle of WWII

Explorers have discovered the world’s deepest shipwreck after 78 years: a U.S. Navy destroyer escort that sank during World War II’s biggest naval battle. The explorers found the U.S.S. Samuel B. Roberts, nicknamed “Sammy B”, 22,916 feet (6,985 meters) below the surface of the Philippine Sea near Samar, the third...

Jul 7, 2022

Custer's last stand: How the Native American victory unfolded

In June, 1876, one of the most famous battles in U.S. history took place in what later became Montana and the Crow Indian Reservation. On June 25-26 a few hundred men of the 7th U.S. Cavalry, commanded by George Armstrong Custer, were outnumbered and totally defeated by a Native American...

Aug 12, 2022

Is Nazi gold real?

As Nazi forces tore through much of Europe and North Africa during World War II, gold, valuable artifacts and priceless paintings disappeared from the conquered territories, and many of these treasures are still missing to this day. Many people believe the Nazis hid these treasures away in secret locations. It's...

Nov 4, 2022

Explorers dive to deepest known shipwreck

Explorers recently dove to the deepest known shipwreck in the world. The team reached the USS Johnston, a U.S. Navy destroyer that sank on Oct. 25, 1944 after an intense battle with the Japanese during World War II. The ship, about 376 feet (115 meters) long and 39 feet (12...

Dec 28, 2022

30 incredible sunken wrecks from WWI and WWII

World War I (1914 to 1918) and World War II (1939 to 1945) saw some of the biggest naval battles and operations in history, and shipwrecks from this era are scattered across the world's oceans — around 15,000 ships, and over 500,000 people, were sunk during World War II alone,...

Jan 27, 2023

Flying saucers to mind control: 24 declassified military & CIA secrets

Government and military secrets can range from terrifying to amusing to downright absurd, but most are nothing short of intriguing. From a secret U.S. Air Force project to build a supersonic flying saucer to a now-famous World War II-era research program that produced the first atomic bombs to a plan...

Feb 11, 2023

What stops nuclear weapons from accidentally detonating?

Nuclear weapons can kill millions of people, wipe out entire cities and render soil in the fallout zone infertile for generations. According to the Arms Control Association, the world's nine nuclear states — China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — have...