War History (Page 34)

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

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Revolutionary War

This is why the 3rd amendment was so crucial for a post-Revolution US

By Eric Milzarski

Here’s what it’s like dodging six missiles in an F-16

By Paul Szoldra

Here’s what it would look like if a modern Army fought the Battle of Gettysburg

The 5 most feared warriors in military history

Revolutionary War

Today in military history: Boston Tea Party

The first Native American woman to die in combat was also the first female military death of the Iraq War

By Jacqlyn Cope

4 things that got a Nazi an automatic Iron Cross

17 wild facts about the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

An experiment in the 1940s tried making ships invisible

By Bethaney Phillips

How the Civil War changed Santa

By Brittany Sulc

4 stupid fights lost because of racism

By Blake Stilwell

This NCO was willing to die in Vietnam for his commanding officer

44 USS Arizona survivors are interred with their shipmates at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

This chaplain earned the Silver Star saving 12 sailors at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

What happened to the officer who ignored the radar warning at Pearl Harbor

This American admiral planned the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1932

How 48 Sikhs fought an army of 100,000 soldiers

By Bethaney Phillips

This Soviet-era Russian war medal is worth $10 million

Col. Edward Shames, the last surviving Band of Brothers officer, dies at 99

By Miguel Ortiz

That time a Marine in WWII was found clutching a sword around 13 dead Japanese soldiers

By Paul Szoldra

There is now a deal to finally end the Korean War after 70 years

The Army’s youngest-ever general was left for dead but survived

This Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant made bullets for WWII

By Jessica Evans

7 life lessons we learned from watching ‘Full Metal Jacket’

The Travis Manion Foundation leads in style with True Classic Tees

By Miguel Ortiz

These are the 11 biological weapons the Soviets wanted to use on the US

By Blake Stilwell

How the Vietnam War shaped the modern day U.S. Air Force

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This single joke by Reagan put the Soviet military on alert

How the Finns stopped the Soviets with this polka song

By Eric Milzarski

These Brits debunk the deadly M1 Garand ‘ping’ myth

How a World War II widow discovered her husband was a hero in France

By Blake Stilwell

This is how the Israelis planned to kill Saddam Hussein

By Blake Stilwell

This was the only underwater submarine vs. submarine kill in history

The Jeep: The necessity of innovation

By Jessica Evans

Old Ironsides and Operation Torch: The Army’s 1st Armored Division

By Jessica Evans

Revolutionary War

This is why George Washington viewed Thanksgiving as a warrior’s holiday

Gen. Ben Skardon, Bataan Death March survivor and famed Clemson grad, passes away at 104

By Miguel Ortiz

Here’s how a Connecticut button company changed America

By Jessica Evans

5 ways your work review is different from any military review

Great Falls Nike Fire Control Site W-83 played a critical role in the creation of GPS

By Jessica Evans

HISTORY Channel premieres documentary ‘Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII’

Afghanistan War

How US veterans helped their Afghan Allies escape the Taliban

Robert Carmody fought for his country in the boxing ring and on the battlefield

100 years after its groundbreaking, the National WWI Museum is as current as ever

By Miguel Ortiz

TV’s ‘Mr. Wizard’ was a B-24 Bomber pilot in World War II

This Canadian liberated a Dutch town on his own

America’s 9 most deadly wartime enemies, ranked

By Blake Stilwell

A cartoonish look at how an epic airlift prevented World War 3

A Canadian officer rescued the real Winnie the Pooh

The USS Intrepid will muster its old crew for its 75th anniversary

Today in military history: Halsey named commander of the South Pacific

This U.S. Army artillery unit savaged 41 Iraqi battalions in 72 hours

The Coalition destroyed the entire Iraqi Navy during the first four days of Desert Storm

By Blake Stilwell

3 heroes who became POWs twice

By James Elphick

Once in a century event: How you can place flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

By Miguel Ortiz

A Soviet soldier took on 50 Germans with grenades and an ax

Why President Truman ordered this NCO interred at Arlington National Cemetery

Iran and the CIA teamed up to test Soviet airspace defenses

‘Winnie the Pooh’ was created by a vet explaining war to his boy

By Eric Milzarski

Why the Chinese communists couldn’t conquer Taiwan after World War II

This Union Medal of Honor recipient was the most wounded soldier of the Civil War

Watch the Air Force launch an ICBM in mid-air from the back of a C-5

By Blake Stilwell

How Israeli armor embarrassed the Arab allies in the Yom Kippur War

The real reason the Japanese invasion of Singapore was a disaster