War History (Page 38)

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

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The unknown deceased who have received the Medal of Honor

The heroic — and nearly forgotten — legend of ‘Pappy’ Gunn

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revolutionary War

This daring ruse turned the tide of the American Revolution

By James Elphick

Medic remembers what it was like to land on Omaha Beach

Revolutionary War

The first machine gun was invented before the Revolutionary War

By Blake Stilwell

The day Russia’s White House got shelled by the Russian Army

By Blake Stilwell

What we can learn from a replica World War II midget submarine

By Harold C. Hutchison

7 amazing pilots who became an ‘ace-in-a-day’

How the US Navy captured its first enemy ship in 129 years

By James Elphick

Nuclear torpedoes are a ridiculously awesome thing

John McCain learned two big things when he was a prisoner of war

Afghanistan War

This Green Beret whistleblower risked his career to change US hostage policy

By Blake Stilwell

The Battle of the Crater turned a brilliant plan into self-inflicted defeat

By Stephen Carlson

This Luftwaffe hero was shot down 32 times during World War II

These cruisers were really a pair of mini-battleships

By Harold C. Hutchison

4 mind-boggling facts about the Cold War

By Shannon Corbeil

Here’s how the ‘Bloody Angle’ turned into the worst fighting of the Civil War

By Stephen Carlson

6 ways East Germans escaped the grip of Communism

By Eric Milzarski

These 4 wars started after ‘false flag’ attacks

By Blake Stilwell

7 tools that helped America win WWII

By James Elphick

Why Douglas MacArthur was a badass during World War I

By James Elphick

This was the Army and Air Force ‘treaty’ on aircraft

By Harold C. Hutchison

‘Exercise Tiger’: The training exercise that might have torpedoed D-Day

Afghanistan War

5 of the worst things to put in a burn pit

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This siege is one of Julius Caesar’s most spectacular victories

By Stephen Carlson

Afghanistan War

Everything the US has learned in Afghanistan the Brits learned in the 1800s

By James Elphick

Afghanistan War

This Marine walks off the battlefield after being shot in the neck

By Orvelin Valle

This F-15E scored an air-to-air kill by dropping a bomb on an Iraqi helicopter

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

The 10 best military-themed sketches from ‘Saturday Night Live’

How the identity theft in ‘Mad Men’ would actually play out

By Eric Milzarski

This Medal of Honor recipient made a life out of fighting fascists

By Blake Stilwell

OSS agents gave the Dalai Lama a Patek Phillipe watch from FDR during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

The Marine Corps wrote the book on ‘small wars,’ literally

By James Elphick

Spanish-American War

This is how Theodore Roosevelt turned a ‘cowboy cavalry’ into the battle-ready ‘Rough Riders’

By James Elphick

Actually, the Maginot Line was a good idea

The odds of dying in an American war (applying the Lt. Dan scale)

By Blake Stilwell

That one time Eisenhower lost a B-17 bomber in a bet

This Aussie submachine gun looked whacky but it worked

Russia once tried to join NATO, an alliance against Russia

By Blake Stilwell

This top-secret unit killed 5,428 and rescued 574 in WWII

Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh and WWII naval hero died at 99

By Miguel Ortiz

The M45 ‘Meat Chopper’ butchered the Axis and a bunch of commies

By Harold C. Hutchison

This was the only living African-American from WW2 to earn MoH

By Tim Kirkpatrick

7 highlights from the CIA’s medical history of Hitler

This is the gear a British soldier carried into battle in WWI

By Tim Kirkpatrick

British troops in World War I used miracle moss for bandages

There was a time when duels ‘downsized’ the officer ranks

This Marine pilot took 22 Japanese fighters head on – then led an infantry charge

By Blake Stilwell

This German city faked its way to safety during WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

This is why the American Civil War happened

By Blake Stilwell

The most outstanding soldier of World War I actually fought in three wars

This is how “RED Friday” became a thing and why it still matters today

By Eric Milzarski

This bazooka-armed motorbike might be the most ‘French’ weapon of all time

The suicidal way China scored its first World War II victory against Japan

Afghanistan War

The longest-serving U.S. commander in Afghanistan stays strapped

By Miguel Ortiz

Check out this Cold-War era abandoned military base in Vermont

By Jessica Evans

The world’s most dangerous golf course is right next to the Korean DMZ

By Miguel Ortiz

Revolutionary War

Andrew Jackson was held captive during the Revolutionary War

By Bethaney Phillips

The Air Force tried plucking soldiers off the ground at 125 mph during WWII

This Marine division never set foot in the United States

By Harold C. Hutchison

This fake amphibious assault saved hundreds of lives in Desert Storm

The Army built this computer simulation of Stalingrad to teach its future leaders

By Christian Lowe

The first casualty of the Civil War happened entirely by accident

By Blake Stilwell

Finland once snuck inside the Soviet air force to bomb Russia

By Blake Stilwell