Great Deceptions in Military History

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With German aggression intently focused on taking control of France, the Battle of Verdun would prove one of the longest, deadliest and most decisive in World War One.

Chimeric Antigen Receptor, or CAR T Cell Therapy uses the patient’s own immune system—with the help of gene-editing technology—to attack cancerous cells, reporting a 93% remission rate for blood cancer patients.

Beginning around 800 A.D., navigators set out from Southeast Asia in double-hulled sailing canoes across vast stretches of open ocean, using star maps, sea swells, current and drift to people Polynesia.

Laika the space dog was the commander of Sputnik 2 and the first living being to visit space. The program had no plan to safely return Laika, leading to the first death in the space race.

On March 15th, 1783, six months before the signing of the Treaty of Paris, George Washington convened Continental Army officers to deliver his Newburgh Conspiracy speech, convincing rebellious officers to unanimously support congress.

The widely underreported Orangeburg Massacre caused by a South Carolina bowling alley owner who refused entry to blacks would result in three dead and many more injured by police.

In a young nation divided over slavery, on June 19th, 1865, Union Major General Granger declared all enslaved people free from bondage in Texas, leading to Juneteenth as a recognized holiday to celebrate the abolition of slavery in the US.