War History (Page 14)

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

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Today in military history: Germany’s failed march on Soviet Union

4 Soviet partisans who wreaked havoc on the Nazi war machine

Today in military history: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria is killed, sparking WWI

The most damaging Soviet mole of the Cold War died in prison after a life sentence

The night Pearl Harbor survivors got revenge

This Navy ace shot down both German and Japanese planes during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

The Soviets fired this secret heavy space cannon while in orbit

By Blake Stilwell

This aircraft carrier was never commissioned and never served on active duty

By Miguel Ortiz

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

Today in military history: Luftwaffe pilot mistakenly lands in England

How Operation Rolling Thunder forever impacted military strategy

By Jessica Evans

These are the only Brits who endured Nazi occupation

Today in military history: US-Soviet hotline is agreed upon

The nuns who escaped the Japanese by submarine during WWII

Filipino soldiers wore helmets made from coconuts during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Battle of Bunker Hill began

This was the most successful torpedo attack of World War II

The Covenanter was Britain’s worst tank

How a WWII cruiser became ‘The Longest Ship in the World’

By Miguel Ortiz

The British women convicted of infecting WWI troops with STDs

The frigid origin of the Iron Curtain

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Congress passes Espionage Act

Medal of Honor Monday: Sergeant First Class John Baca

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: US Army is founded

Why the National Museum of the Pacific War is in Texas

By Miguel Ortiz

The last horse charge of American cavalry was in World War II

Medal of Honor Monday: James Anderson, Jr.

By Jessica Evans

Medal of Honor Monday: Oscar P. Austin

By Jessica Evans

How an Army captain invented blood banks during WWI

A sixth grade history project exonerated the captain of the USS Indianapolis

By Blake Stilwell

Why brainwashing is so effective in communist countries

There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan

By Blake Stilwell

Why the trench knife was the most stupidly awesome weapon ever issued

By Eric Milzarski

The reason why some beer bottles are green dates back to World War II

How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas

The near-suicidal way American pilots played possum in WWI

Mark Twain quit his Confederate Ranger unit before the Civil War ever reached him

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day

How 150 British Paratroopers seized a fortified artillery battery on D-Day

By James Elphick

This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: Italy declares war on Britain and France

A guide to the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

Who was Lord Charles Cornwallis?

By Jessica Evans

Why D-Day changed the course of WWII

By Jessica Evans

The D-Day weather forecast that liberated a continent

5 more of the biggest blunders in Russian military history

Warfare ethics: ‘Just war theory’ explained

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

A Hollywood director explains what it was like to film soldiers fighting in Afghanistan

By Orvelin Valle

Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave

By Blake Stilwell

Today in military history: USS George Washington is launched

These important tools are made from sunken warships

This clever advertising doomed thousands of aviators

Military war crimes: When war breaks the rules

By Jessica Evans

‘Tokyo Rose’ claimed she was trying to undermine Japanese propaganda in World War II

Today in military history: Battle of Midway ends

A history of the Battle of Belleau Wood

By Jessica Evans

Meet the United States Navy officer who saved Midway

By Harold C. Hutchison

Sherman’s bow ties were an ultimate ‘screw you’ to the South

Today in military history: D-Day Allies land in Normandy

This is how Patton smashed his way out of Normandy

By James Elphick

Revolutionary War

The Marine Corps’ first amphibious landing came during the American Revolution

By Blake Stilwell

Did you know a Soviet physicist is behind all of America’s stealth technology?

How North Korea was built and molded by the Soviet Union

The Gouzenko Affair was the most shocking Soviet defection to the West