War History (Page 18)

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

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5 awesome American military technologies that actually came from Britain

An Army officer disobeyed orders and stole four tanks to save 65 soldiers in Korea

How the Red Army used cavalry to deadly effect on WWII’s Eastern Front

Revolutionary War

The United States worst military defeat came at the hands of native tribes

This ridiculous WWI body armor somehow never managed to get fielded

By Eric Milzarski

These dangerous Arctic convoys saved Russia during World War II

The 5 biggest blunders in Russian military history

The surprising impact of weather on war

The secret to Napoleon’s ‘Old Guard’ was that they were actually really old

Virginia Hall: The woman in charge of a British spy network

By Bethaney Phillips

Today in military history: The Civil War begins

Why Robert E. Lee wasn’t hanged as a traitor after the Civil War

Only two Confederates were executed for war crimes during the Civil War

This future Medal of Honor recipient started a spy ring while held in Hanoi Hilton

By Blake Stilwell

This WWII plane was frozen in ice like Captain America before being recovered

By Miguel Ortiz

The Chinese Communist Party had a mole in the US government for 37 years

This British tank crew survived 3 days trapped in No Man’s Land

By James Elphick

The Soviet spies who stole NASA’s Space Shuttle

This was one of the greatest assassinations of a Nazi leader

The Forgotten Division: The 17th Airborne

By Jessica Evans

Why we honor National Former POW Recognition Day

By Jessica Evans

Everything you need to know about the Bay of Pigs

By Jessica Evans

How the Red Army used camels to fight the Nazis at Stalingrad and on to Berlin

Stanley Cup winning team traces its name back to World War I division

8 Members of the Alabama Air National Guard fought at the Bay of Pigs invasion

These were the weirdest military jobs of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

The time Mount Vesuvius took out dozens of US bombers during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

How one pilot single-handedly changed the course of a battle – and maybe World War II

How well do you know the Battle of Iwo Jima? Take this quiz

By Orvelin Valle

Repeating rifles ‘saved 1,000 lives’ in their combat debut

5 gutsy replies to enemy demands for surrender

By Blake Stilwell

How the enduring sacrifices of war correspondents shaped America’s view of war

By Matthew Benedetti

When Britain’s top tank slaughtered America’s

9 military movie scenes where Hollywood got it totally wrong

By Mike Dowling

This was the deadliest insurgent sniper in Iraq

By Christian Lowe

How Elvis helped build the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor

The World War II origins of Navy ‘Torpedo Juice’

This soldier’s trek through Iraq was the longest escape and evasion ever

How the Gulf War created the largest airport in the world

By Miguel Ortiz

The time a teenager stowed away on a Navy destroyer

By Harold C. Hutchison

The first offensive use of hot air balloons in combat came in 1849

The first CIA operative to die in the line of duty was killed by Tibetans

Here’s how the Army found and captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein

Afghanistan War

How German beer kept Afghanistan out of World War I

By Eric Milzarski

This is how Nazi commandos allegedly rescued the imprisoned Mussolini

A Confederate soldier survived a head shot and spit the bullet out 58 years later

Why Oklahoma has a World War II submarine in a former soybean field

This pilot crash-landed behind enemy lines to save his downed friend

How 87 paratroopers captured one of the world’s strongest forts

How a small group of Marines overthrew a pirate regime

By Jessica Evans

5 unsolved mysteries of World War II

This is how militias were structured during the Revolutionary War

How Martha Gellhorn became the only woman to land on Normandy Beach

The 4 biggest paper tigers in military history

The real reason why the T-34 tank was so effective in World War II

These 7 tiny details changed the outcomes of wars

Why the Union targeted Confederate salt works during the Civil War

Why the North Vietnamese feared South Korean Marines

Why this iconic torture device isn’t as ‘fictional’ as people think

By Eric Milzarski

WATCH: Marines remember Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 years later

By Miguel Ortiz

Why we honor Vietnam Veterans Day

By Jessica Evans

Why Japan attacked the United States instead of the Soviet Union in 1941

The ‘Idiot’s Loop’ was a mid-air backflip done by nuclear bombers

Afghanistan War

The 8 most famous manhunts in military history