Flipboard 2025 Military History

PLACES

Area 51's workers don't drive there. They fly in on a classified US Government airline known only as "Janet."

PEOPLE

Europe thought Napoleon Bonaparte was firmly in the dustbin of history. But the Corsican surprised everyone one last time.

THINGS

The utterly brutal Battle of Stalingrad lives in infamy—and survivors have confessed to unthinkably dark acts deep in the trenches.

PEOPLE

Ancient Rome loved to brag about its unstoppable legions, but Hannibal Barca shattered that illusion again and again—and the Romans hated him for it.

PEOPLE

Dieter Dengler’s escape from a Laotian POW camp is one of the most amazing survival stories of the Vietnam War.

THINGS

There’s a reason the Spartan army became the most powerful force in all of Greece—their training methods were so brutal, they’re jaw-dropping.

PEOPLE

Nicknamed the “Mistress of Mayfair” for the sheer number of beds she seduced her way into, Doris Castlerosse was the wildest courtesan of her time.

THINGS

WWI was one of the largest and deadliest wars in history and caused major political change in the countries that were involved, and some of the unresolved issues from the conflict contributed to WWII just two decades later.

THINGS

The CIA once experimented on people using LSD as a way to study mind-control. What’s worse, some subjects didn’t even know about the experiment.

PEOPLE

In the 20th century, few men have ever gained as mixed of a legacy as Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

PEOPLE

When Genghis Khan was just a boy, his father died and the tribe abandoned his family, driving them to total poverty.

THINGS

The Vietnam War proved to be one of the most divisive in American history.



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