War History (Page 25)

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

Latest in War History

‘Devotion’ is an incredible story of America’s first Black Naval Aviator

The 5 worst and most unforgiving battlefields in military history

How 3 soldiers saved an abandoned newborn baby during WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

How the battles of Attu and Kiska in Alaska set the stage for Allied victory in the Pacific

By Matthew Benedetti

How the Condor Legion signaled a new phase of warfare in WWII prologue

By Matthew Benedetti

This is how American pilots used drop tanks as bombs during WWII

Afghanistan War

21 Indian soldiers made a glorious last stand against Afghan rebels

That time Russian troops repelled Germans with just their mangled faces

By Tim Kirkpatrick

7 reasons why Obi-wan Kenobi was basically Ulysses S. Grant

By Eric Milzarski

This flying boat was the heaviest aircraft of WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

5 Old-time celebrity favorites who wanted to join the OSS

By Blake Stilwell

That time ocean liners fought an old-time naval battle

By Blake Stilwell

6 Cold War sites you can visit in America

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

The British military actually had an effective plan in 1776

By Harold C. Hutchison

World War II: A Black American soldier’s journal

These 4 Marines killed so many Germans, the Nazis thought they were an allied battalion

This MoH recipient had the most impressive last stand at Heartbreak Ridge

By Eric Milzarski

A single French airplane bombed Berlin before the fall of France

This WWII landing craft found new life as a gunboat in the Vietnam War

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

The complete history of the Battle of Yorktown

By Jessica Evans

5 things you didn’t know about Sgt. Elias’s death scene in ‘Platoon’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Coast Guardsman saved a Navy base during the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

Everything you need to know about the Second Battle of Fallujah

By Jessica Evans

Godzilla exists thanks to this Japanese prisoner of war

That time a Nazi captain recommended HMS Glowworm captain for the Victoria Cross

This is how Vietnam almost became a protectorate of the US

By Blake Stilwell

This is the Communists’ perfectly-bred military working dog

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

MIGHTY 25: Retired Marine Corps Major Fred Galvin fights for justice

By Jessica Manfre

Afghanistan War

MIGHTY 25: Tim Jensen is more than a Grunt Style Marine

By Jessica Manfre

When desertion is a death sentence

By Brittany Sulc

These daring defectors turned the Viet Cong against itself

By James Elphick

Why Okinawa is the most haunted place in the military

By Blake Stilwell

That time Germany scuttled its own navy in sneaky scheme

The insanely lucky sub that changed naval warfare in one fight

This is the Bible passage Roosevelt used to promise aid to England

That time the Navy almost blew up the President of the United States

By Blake Stilwell

These WWII bombers were converted into gunships

By Miguel Ortiz

George Custer’s younger brother earned two Medals of Honor in the same week

By Blake Stilwell

How an Irishwoman from Hong Kong ended up fighting the Spanish in the Philippines

By Miguel Ortiz

How a former Nazi interrogator left a permanent mark on Disney

By Bethaney Phillips

The Navy designed this lethal one-man turret in World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

How excessive shopping caused a plane crash that killed 16 Soviet admirals and generals

By Miguel Ortiz

The iconic PBR was based on a recreational boat and powered by Jacuzzi jets

By Miguel Ortiz

Watch rare footage of a Kamikaze attack caught on film

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Why America built 3,000 B61 gravity bomb nuclear weapons

By Harold C. Hutchison

8 songs that are essential to any successful military convoy

By Neath Williams

Why poison was a favorite of the CIA during the Cold War

This is why Fidel Castro froze the body of an American airman

By Blake Stilwell

The German MG42 was an unyielding weapon of death in World War II

By Blake Stilwell

4 reasons why the Marianas Campaign was the real turning point of the Pacific War

The first American killed in World War II died in Norway

The little fish that almost brought down the US submarine force

How airline pilot and Vietnam War hero Carl Gamble saved his passengers from a hijacker

The USS Johnston is the US Navy’s deepest shipwreck

The 5 worst weapons of World War I

The British soldier who used German air raids to become a serial killer

Jimmie Howard led the USMC’s most decorated platoon

By Jessica Evans

Korean War vet and Gemini and Apollo astronaut James McDivitt dies at 93

By Miguel Ortiz

What to know about September 11, 2001

By Jessica Evans

This was Nazi Germany’s answer to the Jeep

This Indian military unit fought for the Nazis

This is how chocolate fueled victories after the first world war

How a World War II general survived being hit in the head by a katana

‘The Greatest Raid of All’ was an explosive seaborne suicide mission