The Boeing B17 Flying Fortress was a heavy bomber used by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World…
USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear powered submarine, commissioned in 1954. Nuclear power let it stay submerged…
USS Missouri was one of the last battleships built by the United States. On September 2, 1945, Japan…
USS Constitution was launched in Boston in 1797 and is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat in the…
The Higgins boat, officially the Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel or LCVP, carried troops and vehicles from ships to…
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, better known as the Humvee, entered U.S. military service in the mid…
The M1 Abrams has been the main battle tank of the U.S. Army since the early 1980s. It…
The British Mark I was the first tank used in combat, rolling into battle on September 15, 1916,…
The M4 Sherman was the most widely used American tank of World War II. Roughly 50,000 were built,…
The Willys MB was the quarter ton four wheel drive vehicle that became famous as the jeep in…
Joan of Arc was a young French peasant who led French forces during the Hundred Years' War.
Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes in 1206 and founded the Mongol Empire.
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general who fought Rome during the Second Punic War.
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman whose conquest of Gaul made him one of the most…
Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC and built one of the largest empires of…
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson is Britain's most celebrated naval commander.
Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, was one of Britain's greatest military commanders.
Napoleon Bonaparte rose from artillery officer to Emperor of the French and dominated European warfare in the early…
Colin Powell served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, the first Black…
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. commanded the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, leading the 332nd Fighter Group in…
Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Omar Bradley commanded American ground forces in Europe during World War II, eventually leading the 12th Army Group.
George S. Patton was one of the most aggressive American commanders of World War II.
Douglas MacArthur commanded Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific during World War II.