War History (Page 17)

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: U-2 spy plane is shot down

The 11 most damaging American spies of all time

The ship that sailed almost 3,000 miles from the torpedo that killed it

One of the world’s largest-ever tank battles was between India and Pakistan

What does ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ mean anyway?

That time the Army let loose a plague of feral camels on the Wild West

By Eric Milzarski

This Jewish refugee and World War II vet made modern video games possible

How to fire a World War II bazooka

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is the most battle-hardened bomber of World War II

Today in military history: US evacuates Saigon

Watch this WWII Marine training video before your next club or knife fight

This time-tested battleship survived two World Wars and fired the opening shots on D-Day

This Canadian tank was the most reliable tank in World War II

Here’s how North Korea thinks the Korean War started

The crazy tactic Finland used to root out and kill Soviet snipers

The Battle of Leyte Gulf screw up that actually saved America in the Philippines

Virginia Hall was the most wanted spy of WWII

By Megan Harless

This building in Stalingrad became the Russian version of The Alamo in World War II

50 WWII ships sank during the battle for Guadalcanal

By James Elphick

The Soviet Union created an automatic rifle and special ammo just for use underwater

This hero WWII destroyer was reached in the world’s deepest shipwreck dive

By Miguel Ortiz

Civil War through WWII: How female roles have evolved in the military

By Bethaney Phillips

Battle of the Somme: The bloodiest day in British military history

The corrupt use of ‘Ghost Soldiers’ in the Iraq War

By Jessica Evans

Harry Belafonte: Singer, activist, humanitarian, Navy veteran, legend, dead at 96

5 meals that won wars (and how to make them)

By Blake Stilwell

British historians discover long-lost first Black military pilot

A sailor snuck ‘Remember Pearl Harbor’ onto Tojo’s dentures before his war crime trial

How the FBI busted the largest-ever spy ring in the United States

Always a Rebel: Col. David Hackworth revisited

How the first ‘night vision’ scope turned the tide against Japan on Okinawa

Arlington National Cemetery was owned by General Lee and confiscated for back taxes

By Bethaney Phillips

This policeman survived bayonet wounds and torture to save the Marines at Guadalcanal

By Blake Stilwell

Why Japanese transports carrying POWs were called ‘Hell Ships’

These WWII soldiers were stationed at Disney

By Bethaney Phillips

“The Battle of Brisbane” was a drunken WWII brawl between the US and Australia

By Blake Stilwell

Two POWs made a daring escape from prison just to relieve the boredom

How the boys of Pointe du Hoc turned the tides of World War II

By Jessica Evans

Unconventional Green Beret tactics in Vietnam

By Jessica Evans

Germany planned to bomb the U.S. from across the Atlantic with these massive planes

By Miguel Ortiz

This is one of the deadliest kamikaze attacks caught on film

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The ‘Phantom Division’ and 10 minutes that shortened World War II in Europe

By James Elphick

How the P-51’s paper mache drop tanks changed WWII

The British Army in World War I fielded entire units of short kings

Revolutionary War

The Battle of Stony Point shows just how good Baron von Steuben’s training was

By Blake Stilwell

The largest aircraft carrier sunk in WWII was hit by four torpedoes

This is how the ‘Miracle at Dunkirk’ saved World War II for the Allies

How the Red Army used blind Russians to defend Leningrad during World War II

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: The Black French general who stole Napoleon’s thunder

How Civil War infantrymen slaughtered one another

This is how the misfit crew of ‘Old 666’ became the most decorated in history

By James Elphick

The Soviet Union’s answer to the Abrams tank was a monster

The battle that convinced German leaders they lost World War II

History of the daring raid on Son Tay Prison

By Jessica Evans

Everything you need to know about the Battle of Chipyong-ni

By Jessica Evans

Today in history: The ‘Ice Cream Spy’ dies a mysterious death

By Jessica Evans

That time a Canadian invented an e-tool that doubled as a shield

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That one time in 1995 when Russia almost used nuclear missiles against the United States

By Orvelin Valle

This carrier pigeon saved a battalion in World War I

By James Elphick

This pilot has the most downs from WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

These Japanese bombers attacked targets with rocket-propelled people

How the top brass actually tried to prevent Pearl Harbor attack

This spy led Germans on a wild goose chase during WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

This is the World War II history of the Foo Fighters

By Blake Stilwell