War History (Page 21)

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

Latest in War History

Afghanistan War

The Japanese office worker who fought the Soviets in Afghanistan

By Miguel Ortiz

North Korean ‘Night Witches’ raided United Nations bases during the Korean War

World War I’s deadly legacy in suburban Washington, DC

How mafioso Lucky Luciano helped the Allies invade Sicily in 1943

Devotion: A Korean War epic directed by JD Dillard

By Jessica Evans

Today in military history: Hitler organizes the Luftwaffe

If the modern American military conducted the 1944 D-Day landings

This POW earned the Medal of Honor for saving his entire unit

How a prop-driven biplane took down a jet fighter in the Korean War

Revolutionary War

The last battle of the American Revolution was fought in India

Today in military history: Iraqi Scud missile hits US barracks

The story of Sammy Davis inspired the war scenes in ‘Forrest Gump’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This dominating F-16 pilot ruled the skies over Desert Storm

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 times Americans left to fight in foreign wars

By Blake Stilwell

That time a warship pretended to be an island

The most dangerous club for World War II Civil Air Patrol pilots

By Blake Stilwell

The unknown story of the Six Triple Eight: an all Black, female WWII battalion

By Amanda Huffman

This crazy Soviet shotgun used rejected aircraft cannon barrels

By Miguel Ortiz

This Paramarine assaulted Iwo Jima with an improvised machine gun

There was only one Medal of Honor awarded during the Battle of Midway

By Harold C. Hutchison

The real reason Jimi Hendrix got kicked out of the Army

By Eric Milzarski

Why American paratroopers in World War II wore yellow gloves

American cartoon legends came together to train US troops in World War II

The worst Nazi collaborator was a French national hero in World War I

The foundation for HBO’s ‘The Pacific’ miniseries was written by an angry Marine

This Army veteran won Super Bowl tickets, but it was so much more than a game

By Jessica Manfre

The flag used to surrender Jerusalem to the Allies in 1917 is in an Ohio museum

How a mess attendant became a Naval hero during the Battle of Guadalcanal

By Miguel Ortiz

This was the secret war off the US coast during World War II

Today in military history: First American Ace in WWII

How a modern battalion of Army Rangers would perform in Civil War combat

No one knows who shot down the legendary German pilot known as ‘The Red Baron’

Why North Vietnam didn’t directly attack artillery units during battles

What did it sound like to land at Iwo Jima?

4 of the deadliest sniper rifles in World War II

This is what happened to the Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima

Watch: The coolest scenes depicting the Battle of Iwo Jima

This is how British troops got the nickname ‘Tommies’

By Blake Stilwell

These guys made an epic D-Day model with Legos

The 7 most notorious traitors in military history

By Blake Stilwell

All you need to know about the Ghost Army of WWII

By Jessica Evans

Spanish-American War

7 cool facts about the Battle of San Juan Hill

By Blake Stilwell

Why this veteran soldier is proud to be a Hood Neck

By Jessica Manfre

How Polish airmen saved the Allies in World War II

How Serbians shot down a stealth fighter with 1950s technology

Why Soviet pilots were easy pickings for German fighters in World War II

The end of ‘We Were Soldiers’ was very different in real life

By Miguel Ortiz

The 8 most famous US military recruiting posters of World War II

This WWII aviator became a fighter ace because his legs were amputated

How the Vietnamese fought off a series of Mongol invasions

The first American ace of WWII flew with the British Eagle Squadron

By Miguel Ortiz

The freak accident that saved a carrier at Pearl Harbor

4 of the strangest weapons used in the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

This Soviet-era mutiny was the inspiration for ‘The Hunt For Red October’

4 German designs used by Japan in WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

The 5 most brutal tactics in the history of warfare

How Navy SEALs captured the first POWs of Desert Storm

By Miguel Ortiz

That time US troops found 200 tons of stolen Nazi gold

By Tim Kirkpatrick

These 5 dictators had the worst ends to their reigns of terror

The founder of Delta Force was almost impossible to kill

By Blake Stilwell

Marine Corps pilot Robert Klingman took down enemy using his propeller

How USS Laffey became the ‘ship that would not die’

German warships were defeated on an African lake by British speedboats in World War I

This animation shows every nuclear bomb explosion in history

By Harold C. Hutchison