War History (Page 45)

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

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This was the first successful carrier raid

Virginia is in a fight with Minnesota over this piece of history

By Blake Stilwell

How this Union Army added insult to injury with its battle flag

By Blake Stilwell

The only time a US blimp was ever lost in World War II combat

By Blake Stilwell

A lame cow sparked a war that ended Native life on the plains

By Blake Stilwell

Their first battle: George A. Custer charges into Manassas

Revolutionary War

That time Americans won a battle using only bayonets

By Blake Stilwell

Russia and NATO just took one step closer to war

By Blake Stilwell

Britain’s highly successful balloon attack against the Nazis

Everything you need to know about NATO as it turns 70 this week

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

A US civilian tried to get revenge in Afghanistan with a sword

By Blake Stilwell

What it’s like to fly a nuclear bomber for fun

The American truck that received France’s top valor award

The US is obligated by treaty to defend these 67 countries

By Blake Stilwell

How VR has helped prosecute a Nazi guard

How World War I chemical weapons led to a cancer treatment

By Blake Stilwell

How North Korea can attack the US without triggering NATO

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s what being labeled a terrorist organization means for Iran

By Blake Stilwell

A Saddam Hussein loyalist still fights an insurgency in Iraq

By Blake Stilwell

The awesome way a Cuban defector rescued his family

By Blake Stilwell

British commandos blew up Nazi shipyards in this crazy daring op

By Blake Stilwell

The insane victory that inspired the Confederate army’s only medal

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This is the American who left to claim the throne of Afghanistan

By Blake Stilwell

The crazy way British pilots took out incoming V-1 missiles

This Confederate ship was one of the most successful of the war

Afghanistan War

Trump asked the actual war fighters about Afghanistan

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

3 questions of unconventional warfare according to a top officer

How a daredevil pilot escaped Germany and invented air warfare

One of Vietnam’s ‘Boat People’ is now an Air Force officer

By Blake Stilwell

The Union saved an ironclad by deploying a $9 trash decoy

The US will pay countries not to buy arms from Russia

By Blake Stilwell

Why Mattis was obsessed with a certain day in history

By Blake Stilwell

One Navy officer and a pink phone prevent all-out war with North Korea

By Blake Stilwell

This British sub shows the resiliency of the Royal Navy

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh being released from prison

By Blake Stilwell

World War II dive bombers whistled only to scare civilians

By Blake Stilwell

The largest formal White House dinner ever was for Vietnam POWs

By Blake Stilwell

This is Europe’s largest US Civil War reenactment

By Blake Stilwell

This general is the reason why working girls are called Hookers

Army announces new Medal of Honor recipient

This is why every veteran should watch Chernobyl

‘Catch-22’ is the war miniseries that still feels relevant

The Utopian love cult behind iconic bayonets of World War II

That time Iraqi soldiers surrendered to a hovering Apache

The ‘Jedburghs’ were the best anti-Nazi commandos of WWII

Why this Union general challenged Karl Marx to a duel

By Blake Stilwell

This was central to the honor code among Civil War soldiers

By Blake Stilwell

Seattle’s 6 secrets of surviving atomic attacks

Watch an interview with the last surviving witness to the Lincoln Assassination

By Blake Stilwell

The word ‘deadline’ has a horrible origin in Civil War prisons

The new ‘Midway’ teaser trailer looks awesome

By Shannon Corbeil

A single map shows how crazy successful the OSS was in France

Afghanistan War

The insane Communist plan to overthrow the Afghan government

By Blake Stilwell

The bloody history of the Bloody Mary cocktail

By Blake Stilwell

Revolutionary War

13 rarely seen illustrations from the Revolutionary War

This is the story of Abraham Lincoln’s forgotten sword duel

By Blake Stilwell

The first commissioned female officer served in the Civil War

By Blake Stilwell

The last World War I soldier to see combat died at age 111

By Blake Stilwell

6 oft-forgotten helicopters of the Korean War

7 awesome posters that motivated your grandfather in World War II

The Coast Guard made the first-ever helicopter carrier

The Navy tradition that rewards ice cream for rescued pilots

These Coasties killed a German sub and saved their convoy

When the enemy brought the war to America