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Heroism
From the NFL to the Sands of Iwo Jima: Medal of Honor Recipient Jack Lummus
The Zanj Rebellion: The African Slave Revolt That Rocked Medieval Mesopotamia
Fighting Women: Lakshmibai, Indian Warrior Princess
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Titus Herminius Aquilinus and the Last Stand That Saved Rome
The WWII Partisan Assassination of Wilhelm Kube, Nazi Governor of Occupied Belarus
Edward Colquhoun Charlton Was So Courageous that the *Enemy* Recommended Him for a Victoria Cross
La Nueve: The Anarchists Who Spearheaded the Liberation of Paris in WWII
Civil War Child Soldier John Cook Joined the Union Army Aged Thirteen, Won a Medal of Honor When He Was Fifteen
Eugene Bullard: The First African American Fighter Pilot Flew for France in WWI When America’s Military Wouldn’t Have Him
Tuskegee Airmen of the 332nd Fighter Squadron: America’s WWII Black Pilots
William Henry Johnson, the “Black Death” Whose WWI Heroism Was Overlooked for Nearly a Century
WWI’s Harlem Hellfighters: The African Americans Who Fought for Freedom Abroad While it Was Denied them at Home
Epaminondas of Thebes: Ancient Greece’s Greatest Liberator
Megastar Josephine Baker Risked Her Life for the French Resistance to Spy on the Nazis in WWII
Convoy HG 76: First Allied Victory Against Hitler’s U-boats, and Turning Point in the Battle of the Atlantic
Arrhichion of Phigalia: The Ancient Athlete Who Was Crowned Olympic Champion Despite Being Dead
The Original Black Panthers: WWII’s African-American 761st Tank Battalion
Al Blozis, the NFL All-Pro Who Gave Up Football and His Life to Fight the Nazis
Ed “Too Tall” Freeman: The Heroic Helicopter Pilot Who Saved Dozens of Lives in Vietnam
Sayyida al-Hurra: The Pirate Queen Who Terrorized the Mediterranean
Algernon Sidney: The Anti-Royalist Aristocrat Who Wrote the ‘Textbook of the American Revolution’
Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin: The Teenager Who Defied Segregation
Women Who Should be Better Known: WWII Heroine and SOE Pioneer Lise de Baissac
The Polish No. 303 Squadron: The Battle of Britain’s Deadliest Pilots
Barbara Rose Johns: The Teenager Who Set in Motion the End of Segregation
Edward Allen Carter Jr.: A Real Life Action Hero Who Fought Franco, Hirohito, and Hitler
Jack Johnson: The Unapologetically Black Heavyweight Champion Who Challenged Jim Crow Conventions
Khalid ibn al-Walid, the Formidable General Who Beat Both the Byzantines and Persians
Toussaint Louverture: Leader of History’s Most Successful Slave Revolt
August Landmesser: A Man Who Refused to Follow the Crowd and Go Along With Evil
Phyllis Latour: The WWII SOE Agent Who Posed as a Teenager in Nazi-Occupied France
Corporal Wojtek the Bear: World War II’s Furriest Soldier
The Son Tay Raid: A Daring Special Forces Assault to Rescue American POWs in North Vietnam
World War I Heroine Milunka Savic, History’s Most Decorated Female Soldier
Tariq ibn Ziyad: The Military Prodigy Who Conquered Spain, and Ended Up a Destitute Beggar
Fairey Swordfish: The Obsolescent Biplane That Played a Vital Role in WWII
Unsung Heroes: Stanislav Petrov, the Man Who Saved the World
10 Fascinating Facts About the Flying Tigers, the American Volunteers Who Fought for China in WWII
Volante Rossa: The Italian Anti-Fascists Who Went on a Revenge Spree After WWII
Mother Bickerdyke: The Heroic US Civil War Nurse Who Saved Thousands of Lives
Basil Plumley, the Legendary US Army Command Sergeant Major Who Fought in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Fearsome Abolitionist Muhammad Ali Was Named After
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Scipio Africanus, the Prodigy Who Defeated Hannibal and Saved Rome
The ‘White Death’: Simo Hayha, One of History’s Deadliest Snipers
Piet Hein: The Dutchman Who Captured the Spanish Treasure Fleet
Hugh Thompson Jr. at My Lai: Heroism Amidst a Massacre
Fighting Women: Vitka Kempner, the Inspirational WWII Jewish Partisan Leader
The Siege of Malta: How the Island of Malta Won a Medal
The Thin Red Line: A Heroic Stand and Enduring Image of British Military History
Frederic John Walker, the Captain Who Created the Tactics That Defeated Hitler’s U-Boats
Folklore and Mythology: The Real Life Origins of the King Arthur Legend
The Helot Revolt: The State Slave Uprising That Rocked Ancient Sparta
The Tragic Death of Albert Peter Dewey, America’s First Fatality in Vietnam
Rene Fonck, the Deadliest Allied Fighter Ace of World War I
Flower-class Corvettes: The Unglamorous Ships that Averted Allied Defeat in WWII
WWII Fighters – The Hawker Hurricane: Unsung Hero of the Battle of Britain
Who Shot Down the Red Baron? An Enduring Aviation Controversy
Operation Creek: A Daring WWII Raid by Over the Hill and Aged Volunteers
Saint Olga of Kiev’s Vicious Vengeance Campaign
The Sacred Band of Thebes: The Elite Gay Warriors Who Crushed the Spartans
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