War History (Page 20)

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

Latest in War History

The Army’s notorious ‘Soldier of Misfortune’ tried to defect to Cuba and North Vietnam

Today in military history: Operation Rolling Thunder

Today in military history: US Army establishes ‘K-9 Corps’

The US defector to North Korea no one ever hears about

Afghanistan War

MoH Monday: Chief Britt Slabinski

By Jessica Evans

The icy history of Project Iceworm

By Jessica Evans

7 horrifying atrocities of the Korean War

By Blake Stilwell

8 amazing facts about Harriet Tubman

By Blake Stilwell

Japan’s greatest naval leader was almost discharged before World War II began

This was America’s first operational supersonic strategic bomber

By Harold C. Hutchison

A Marine never received his Medal of Honor because he deserted before it was presented

The teen girl squad who seduced and killed Nazis in occupied Europe

The terror Iraqi units faced when the Air Force hunted them in sandstorms

The wreck of WWII submarine USS Albacore was identified off the coast of Japan

By Miguel Ortiz

The KGB double agent who prevented a nuclear World War III

One of Stalin’s gulags was an island filled with cannibals

WATCH: That time North Dakota almost experienced its own Chernobyl

By Jessica Evans

How vets answer the ridiculous ‘have you ever killed someone’ question

Our 12 favorite 1980s war movies

By Bethaney Phillips

How 10 British soldiers escaped a POW camp using spoons

By Bethaney Phillips

How the Marines ripped through the Iraqis in Operation Desert Storm

By James Elphick

9 infamous KGB assassination attempts straight out of spy novels

By Blake Stilwell

The reason the Royal Navy attacked and sunk an allied fleet during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

WATCH: What was the Missouri Mormon War?

By Jessica Evans

How a Prussian man was accidentally drafted by Nazis and became their lead interrogator

By Bethaney Phillips

Why Iwo Jima was such an important battle

By Jessica Evans

Michigan’s important manufacturing role in WWI

By Jessica Evans

A British Commando escaped certain death by pretending to be related to a famous general

The children of literary icons and Hollywood stars who spent time in Vietnam

How leftover WWII jeeps kicked off a public transportation craze

By Miguel Ortiz

These four photos are the only ones ever taken inside a Nazi death camp

By Blake Stilwell

The first recorded therapy dog was a WWII combat vet and a Yorkie

By Miguel Ortiz

How a Greek foot soldier inadvertently invented the marathon

By Bethaney Phillips

Tsar Nicholas II refused to approve the Russian Army uniform until he tested it himself

By Miguel Ortiz

Colonel Paris Davis received the Medal of Honor nearly 60 years after he earned it in Vietnam

By Miguel Ortiz

How a thousand retreating Japanese troops were eaten by crocodiles in Burma

5 lessons the Army teaches from the movie ‘We Were Soldiers’

By Miguel Ortiz

The time the SAS defied orders to rescue two of their own in Iraq

By Miguel Ortiz

A college student designed an atomic bomb for a school project that was seized by the FBI

This Marine received the Medal of Honor for fighting in the air, on land and sea

A Green Beret was the inspiration for Colonel Kurtz in ‘Apocalypse Now’

By Blake Stilwell

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Boston Massacre

A French village was abandoned and rebuilt so no one would forget a Nazi war crime

The first canned dog food in America was made from excess WWI horses

5 inspiring Black vets who fought for civil rights

By Brittany Sulc

That time a Navy admiral left Marines hanging during a Japanese attack

By Harold C. Hutchison

The French Foreign Legion in World War II was filled with Nazis

The Japanese Navy tried to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge with torpedoes

That time North Korean commandos tried to assassinate the South Korean president at home

By Blake Stilwell

F-4G ‘Wild Weasels’ hunted Surface-to-Air Missiles during Desert Storm

The US may have tried to give France nuclear weapons to fight in Vietnam

Why this World War II veteran was the saltiest sailor in American history

The two von Trapp brothers from ‘The Sound of Music’ served in the 10th Mountain during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

Every great museum needs a wooden leg

By Jessica Evans

A rogue Soviet submarine might have been destroyed trying to start World War III

This wooden jet fighter showed just how desperate Germany was

By Miguel Ortiz

Why General William T. Sherman’s battle flag was never used in combat

Who were the Hello Girls of World War I?

This is how General Pershing’s ‘favorite doughboy’ earned the Medal of Honor

By James Elphick

The first fighter ace of World War II was a Chinese-American flying for China

The IRA loved this British general so much they couldn’t execute him

The worst Secretary of Defense in American history let Washington DC get burned

Today in military history: US aircraft carrier USS Langley is sunk

Watch this F-16 pilot dodge six Iraqi surface-to-air missiles in Desert Storm