War History (Page 42)

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

Latest in War History

The unknown stories of 6 women serving at Pearl Harbor

By Amanda Huffman

Exclusive interview with Pearl Harbor National Memorial Superintendent Scott Burch

The first POW captured by the U.S. was at Pearl Harbor

By Miguel Ortiz

How to honor the bombing of Pearl Harbor

By Jessica Evans

The ultimate Pearl Harbor tour for history buffs

This Confederate spy got away with treason

5 reasons Pokemon’s Lt Surge was most likely a WWII veteran

The attack on Pearl Harbor by the numbers

This is the cave art Native American soldiers left in France during WWI

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Exclusive interview with ‘Welcome to Blackwater: Mercenaries, Money and Mayhem in Iraq’ author

Afghanistan War

Acting Defense Secretary announces troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite leadership push back

By Jessica Manfre

Queen Elizabeth II’s time in WWII makes her the most hardcore head of state

By Eric Milzarski

97-year-old Silver Star Iwo Jima veteran is the oldest Marine to participate in the Marine Corps Marathon

By Jessica Evans

MIGHTY 25: Meet Elaine Rogers, USO-Metro’s shining star

By Jessica Manfre

A hidden Civil War fort in Queens, NY is the reason the Corps of Engineers have the insignia they do

By Jessica Evans

Vietnam Veterans Memorial – why listing the names of the fallen matters

By Jessica Evans

The WWII Memorial and the role of Gold Star families

By Jessica Evans

Everything you need to know about the MLK Memorial, the Mall’s newest monument

By Jessica Evans

Afghanistan War

The IAVA #SAVmarch will feature vets virtually marching over 2000 miles

These wronged WWI vets camped in DC in protest until the president had the Army throw them out

WW2 fighter pilot and founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car dies at 94

A US paratrooper escaped a Nazi prison to join the Red Army and liberate fellow POWs

By Blake Stilwell

One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers just died at age 95

By Blake Stilwell

Tuskegee Airman and MLK bodyguard Dabney Montgomery dies at age 93

By Blake Stilwell

This corpsman’s sea story starts with a ‘Hello Kitty’ tattoo

How a one-armed Gurkha fought 200 Japanese troops with a bolt-action rifle

By Blake Stilwell

This time a selfless Army hero gets his turn at surprise

By Gidget Fuentes

8 parting thoughts from one of the Marine Corps’ ‘Chosin Few’

By Blake Stilwell

Christmas wish list? The last original P-51 Mustang is up for sale

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time Taylor Swift dropped in on a World War II vet

By Harold C. Hutchison

How this one-armed Union soldier became ‘The Bravest Among the Brave’

By Frank Jastrzembski

6 military veterans who played in the Super Bowl

By Harold C. Hutchison

This female WWII veteran terrified a Saudi King while driving him around

By Blake Stilwell

This Marine batted the enemy’s grenades back at them

By James Elphick

These 6 women earned medals for gallantry in World War I

By Harold C. Hutchison

112-year-old veteran and his secrets to life will make you smile

Why Bangor, Maine is the most patriotic town in America

By Eric Milzarski

This is why Gettysburg is the spookiest battlefield in America

By Eric Milzarski

This pilot in his pajamas shot down an enemy fighter at Pearl Harbor

By Blake Stilwell

What happens if a PT boat took on a Littoral Combat Ship

By Harold C. Hutchison

America’s first jet fighter was made by a company known for helicopters today

By Harold C. Hutchison

How the ‘Warrior Pope’ led armies in vicious combat

That time Mormons accidentally went to war with the US Army

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This is the amazing life of the veteran with the most apt tattoo

By Eric Milzarski

These Nazis cracked codes like wishbones

This musician survived the Holocaust despite being everything the Nazis hated

By Blake Stilwell

The Army sent soldiers to Vietnam to be ‘combat artists’

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revolutionary War

George Washington desperately wanted to be a British officer

A World War I legionnaire wrote this ‘Rendezvous with Death’

The Soviet Union also made an airborne armored personnel carrier

By Harold C. Hutchison

Why the Emu War wasn’t as silly as folks make it out to be

By Eric Milzarski

“Milk Cows” were some of the most important subs in WWII

Why Germany insisted that France surrender in this train car

How Bette Davis’ club became the best spot for WWII troops

By Eric Milzarski

This is why the returned Korean War troops were draped in a UN flag

By Eric Milzarski

This was Nazi Germany’s primary fighter

By Harold C. Hutchison

This World War II battlefield will disappear forever

The true history of the Medal of Honor

These anti-sub ships show Japan learned from World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

How the Germans are reusing these invincible Nazi towers

The Gurkha who obliterated Japanese defenders with grenades and a bayonet

The British special operators who terrorized Japanese forces

This Civil War battle resulted in 120 Medals of Honor

This Coast Guard ship was a Venus fly trap for Nazi subs