When Benedict Arnold Created—and Then Sank—a Fleet of Ships During the Battle of Valcour Island
They needed an escape plan, and Arnold possessed one.
Meet the Nightfighters, a Division of Allied Soldiers Who Attacked Nazis with Empty Rifles and Grenades
They launched their attacks under cover of darkness, equipped only with empty rifles, bayonets, and grenades.
Moonshot: That Time American Intelligence Collected Soviet Communication Signals Via the Moon
In 1960, a U-2 spy plane captured images of a massive and mysterious antenna in Soviet Russia...
A Most Dangerous Humanitarian Mission: When Allied Pilots Dropped Food Into Nazi Occupied Territory
The best planes for the job were bombers—aircraft that German artillery units fired upon at every opportunity.
That Time an Army Officer Tried to Reach the Center of the Earth
He theorized that the Earth was hollow and "stocked with thrifty vegetables and animals if not men."
4 of the Craziest Assassination Attempts in U.S. History
Hollywood spy films have nothing on these real-life assassination plots.
The French General Who Broke Free from an Inescapable Nazi Prison
The Germans believed their castle prison was inescapable—they were wrong.
