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The WWII Ghost Army unit used inflatable military equipment, such as the pictured armored vehicle, to fool German forces. They operated from May 1944 through the end of the war in 1945.

'Ghost Army' in WWII used inflatable tanks to fool the Nazis and win the war

By Mindy Weisberger published

A secret U.S. Army tactical unit called the "Ghost Army" tricked German forces during WWII with fake military displays that were deceptively real.

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The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia in Oct. 1781.

Why the British were doomed from the get-go in the American Revolutionary War

By David Smith, History of War magazine published

Poor planning and a lack of cooperation meant British strategy was destined to fail during the American Revolution.

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A truck of revellers passing through the Strand, London.

VE Day: The end of World War II in Europe

By Callum McKelvie, All About History published

On May 8, 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, bringing an end to World War II in Europe and triggering huge celebrations around the world.

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Combatants wore protective gear that included fencing masks, steel gauntlets and padded jackets called gambesons.

Sword fighting with Bronze Age weapons is really hard, scientists learn

By Mindy Weisberger published

Replica swords revealed the skills that were needed in combat by ancient sword-fighters.

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UFOlogist Dr. J. Allen Hynek (Aidan Gillen) ponders a UFO sighting during NATO war games, in the Season 2 finale of "Project Blue Book."

UFO 'invasion' of NATO war games revealed in 'Project Blue Book' season finale

By Mindy Weisberger published

UFO sightings during NATO war games in 1952 set the stage for the season finale of "Project Blue Book," the History channel's series about the U.S.' real-life UFO-hunting program.

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Punched holes in a panel from an SBD-5 Dauntless dive bomber are visible in wreckage resting on the floor of Truk Lagoon near the main debris site.

Wreckage of lost American WWII planes finally found, in a Pacific lagoon

By Mindy Weisberger published

During a pivotal World War II battle, three U.S. aircraft and their seven crewmen were lost at sea. The planes were recently located in a lagoon in the Pacific Ocean.

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The Soviet spy radio was found buried beside a path through a former forest near the German city of Cologne, a few miles from a nuclear research center and a military airbase.

Sophisticated Soviet spy radio discovered buried in former forest in Germany

By Tom Metcalfe published

Archaeologists have found a sophisticated Soviet spy radio that was buried in a former forest in Germany shortly before the fall of the Iron Curtain.

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Train tracks converge at the entrance to the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Why Didn't the Allies Bomb Auschwitz?

By Mindy Weisberger published

A new PBS documentary probes the deliberation behind the historic decision.

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On April 1, 1954, he first H-bomb explosion went off at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific.

Here's How a Princeton Physicist Lost Classified H-Bomb Documents in 1953 … on a Night Train

By Mindy Weisberger published

A physicist who coined the term "black hole" lost highly sensitive nuclear weapons information when the U.S. had just completed tests of the first hydrogen bomb.

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A mushroom cloud rises from the first atomic explosion, detonated on July 16, 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Identity of Fourth Soviet Spy Who Stole US Atomic Bomb Secrets Finally Revealed

By Mindy Weisberger published

Historians recently uncovered the name of a fourth spy who delivered U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets in the 1940s.

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