Warfare
Incendiary Bats, Rocket Cats: Military Strategists Will Dream of Attaching Firepower to Anything That Moves
In 16th century manuscripts, drawings of feline grenades
The Vikings’ Bad Boy Reputation Is Back With a Vengeance
A major new exhibition is reviving the Norse seafarers’ iconic image as rampagers and pillagers
The French Revolution in Pictures
The French Revolution Digital Archive has more than 14,000 images from the Revolution of 1789
Nazi Scientists Wanted to Use Mosquitoes to Send Diseases Behind Enemy Lines
The Nazi SS ran an entomological research facility
An Injectable Bandage Can Stop Heavy Bleeding in 15 Seconds
A new technology developed for the military has the potenial to save soldiers from fatal gunshot wounds
Which Sci-Fi Armor Is the Military's Fancy New Battle Suit Actually Like?
They're calling it the "Iron Man" suit, but we think there's a closer analogy
What Prompts People to Eat Human Flesh?
Power, violence, revenge—and the heat of the moment
A Lesson from History: When Assembling an Army of War Elephants, Don’t Pick Inbred Ones
Even though African elephants usually trump Asian elephants for might and aggression, in 217 B.C. Ptolemy made the crucial mistake of choosing inbred ones
Brainpower and Brawn in the Mexican-American War
The United States Army had several advantages, but the most decisive was the professionalism instilled at West Point
The Early History of Faking War on Film
Early filmmakers faced a dilemma: how to capture the drama of war without getting themselves killed in the process. Their solution: fake the footage
The Photographs That Prevented World War III
While researching a book on the Cuban missile crisis, the writer unearthed new spy images that could have changed history
Fritz Haber’s Experiments in Life and Death
The German chemist helped feed the world. Then he developed the first chemical weapons used in battle
Fighting Terrorism in the Future
A 1981 book predicted that the soldiers of the future could be more like heavily armed policemen than a fighting force
The Great Battles of History, in Miniature
At a museum in Valencia, Spain, over one million toy soldiers stand at attention, prepared to reenact the wars that shaped the world
Scattered Actions: October 1861
While the generals on both sides deliberated, troops in blue and gray fidgeted
September 1861: Settling in for a Long War
During this month, the civil war expands to Kentucky and West Virginia, and President Lincoln rejects an attempt at emancipation
Battlefields
Casualties mounting on two fronts
Fort Sumter: The Civil War Begins
Nearly a century of discord between North and South finally exploded in April 1861 with the bombardment of Fort Sumter
Reconsiderations
Botched battles and preconceptions overturned
Spies Who Spilled Atomic Bomb Secrets
As part of the Soviet Union's spy ring, these Americans and Britons leveraged their access to military secrets to help Russia become a nuclear power
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