War History (Page 11)

Stories and coverage of every American war—from the Revolutionary War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The brutal fate of two of the world’s most arrogant dictators

This German-American industrialist basically built the WWII Navy

This native Hawaiian Ranger spent five long years fighting in Vietnam

Truman and Stalin tried to shock each other with info their spies already had

Risking a $3 million jet to ‘blow up a lot of dirt’

How an American bluegrass legend was nearly killed in the Korean War

Albert Hakim was tied to some of America’s most critical covert operations

By Jessica Evans

Why the US attacked Japan in the middle of the Civil War

Everything you need to know about how the Vietnam War draft actually worked

By Samantha Peterson

This Marine stayed at his machine gun after taking a grenade to the face

How a military mission led to one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in history

By Bethaney Phillips

4 armored fighting vehicles designed by Porsche during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

How Allied air forces made it nearly impossible for Germany to reinforce D-Day

Nazi scientists and the bargain that built the American space program

By Jessica Evans

How Germany brought the fighting of World War II to Antarctica

Today in military history: Battle of Antietam

4 Very good reasons why naming a military base after John Bell Hood was a bad idea

By Blake Stilwell

The Berlin Wall fell because of one East German bureaucrat’s press conference

This MOH recipient reenlisted to avenge his brother’s death

By Jessica Evans

The Army nerfed its ammunition before WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

Our forgotten heroes: Why don’t we talk about World War I?

By Jessica Manfre

Women in the military: Making waves since WWI

By Amanda Huffman

This Medal of Honor recipient blocked out being paralyzed to finish the mission

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How one Israeli tanker held off the entire Syrian army in 1973

This Russian-born FBI agent was the bureau’s spycatcher

This was the Confederates’ most famous Army Ranger

This unstoppable artillery bombardment doomed Nazi Berlin

Revolutionary War

How the British ‘southern strategy’ ultimately cost them the Revolutionary War

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

My 9/11 story: A Naval Academy plebe on guard

By Chase Millsap

Afghanistan War

My 9/11 story: ‘I was supposed to be at the World Trade Center’

Afghanistan War

The story behind the famous 9/11 light memorial

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

The evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11 was America’s Dunkirk

By Miguel Ortiz

Afghanistan War

We remember 9/11. Here’s why we must never forget 9/10.

By Tessa Robinson

10 facts you didn’t know about Nikita Khrushchev

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: Japan bombs US mainland

Top 5 peace treaties that were never honored

The Loch Ness monster’s role in war

By Bethaney Phillips

This pilot rescued troops in Vietnam and earned the Medal of Honor

By Miguel Ortiz

This ‘flying brick’ could fly fast enough to melt its paint

The ‘shadow scheme’ Britain used to disperse WWII production

Why Congress wants the CIA to come clean about a 1973 coup in Chile

Today in military history: First tank produced

This unit received 21 Medals of Honor and 4,000 Bronze Stars while dealing with America’s mistrust

By Stephen Carlson

That time a Marine had a live RPG stuck in his leg

That time a drunk Richard Nixon tried to nuke North Korea

By Blake Stilwell

Clint Eastwood once helped fund a Vietnam POW rescue mission

By Blake Stilwell

Everything you need to know about the Iraq War Battle of Sadr City

By Jessica Evans

The rules of engagement problem that doomed pilots over Vietnam

Afghanistan War

Operation Medusa: The Battle of Panjwaii

By Jessica Evans

This is how astronauts pee in space

By Shannon Corbeil

‘The last great tank battle’ was a slugfest of epic proportions

One of the precursors to the Army Rangers was a Revolutionary War loyalist

Why FDR imprisoned 125,000 Japanese Americans on US soil

The last Union combat veteran of the Civil War lived to see the Cold War

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This firebase was once the ‘evilest place in Afghanistan’

By James Elphick

Pound for pound, these were the deadliest boats of World War II

Why Hitler hated red lipstick

By Shannon Corbeil

The mini-armored train that took on the Nazis during World War II

By Randall Stevens

These British commandos kidnapped a German general without firing a shot

By James Elphick

Today in military history: Japan surrenders in WWII

The Soviet Union produced commercials for products that never existed

These POWs escaped to climb Mount Kenya

By Bethaney Phillips

This classic firearms manufacturer is back with retro M16s

By Miguel Ortiz

‘Warriors in their Own Words’ – How the Wild Weasels cleared enemy skies over Vietnam

By James Elphick