War History (Page 52)

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

Latest in War History

The F-22 conducted its first ever airstrike in Afghanistan

By Harold C. Hutchison

This whiskey pays homage to the men of the 10th Mountain Division

By Tim Kirkpatrick

ISIS’ last town in Iraq falls to Iraqi security forces

By Associated Press

That time when the USS Missouri gave full honors to a kamikaze pilot

By Tim Kirkpatrick

What you need to know about the banned missile the US is developing

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time when the Penguin and a President teamed up during World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

This comic book legend fought Nazi panzers and earned a Bronze Star

By Eric Milzarski

This country song commemorates the Vietnam War’s Operation Hump

6 things everyone should know about Russia’s October Revolution

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This is the sad story behind the Great Buddhas of Afghanistan

By Eric Milzarski

These are Britain’s most controversial World War II vets

By Harold C. Hutchison

Afghanistan War

10 details you should know about the Bergdahl case

By Chase Millsap

This is how the voice of Bugs Bunny trained WW2 aerial gunners

By Harold C. Hutchison

This museum in Hawaii was built by Pearl Harbor survivors

This Czech training jet was the Warsaw Pact’s answer to the T-38

By Harold C. Hutchison

3 important rules from a Medal of Honor recipient

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Revolutionary War

This is how the War of Independence was won in the trenches

This stunning video shows how well 100-year-old ammo works today

By Harold C. Hutchison

16 jokes Germans could die for telling under the Nazi regime

By Blake Stilwell

This Halloween-themed bomb was as dumb as it sounds

By Eric Milzarski

This is how the $102 million B-1A almost replaced the B-52

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here was the major problem with the South Vietnamese army

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time the Greeks sent ammo to the enemy so they’d stop stripping the Parthenon

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

Mattis loosens rules of engagement for US troops fighting in Afghanistan

By Harold C. Hutchison

This may have been the fastest military submarine ever built

These WW2 Polish pilots were either certifiably insane, downright courageous — or a bit of both

This is what happened to the soldiers from ‘Platoon’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is the battle of Dunkirk — by the numbers

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here’s what the Marines of ‘Full Metal Jacket’ are doing today

By Tim Kirkpatrick

How this WWI veteran became Metallica’s ‘One’

By Eric Milzarski

You can see the most notorious German artillery piece be fired

By Harold C. Hutchison

5 military leaders that would make great drinking buddies

By Eric Milzarski

Rarely seen footage from the Battle of the Bulge

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Microsoft’s co-founder just helped find this long-lost Navy cruiser

That time the US collected Soviet radar technology via the moon

The ‘Nightfighters’ attacked Nazis with empty rifles and grenades

This was America’s first anti-aircraft cruiser

By Harold C. Hutchison

These are the events that led to the ‘Miracle at Dunkirk’

This is how to fly the plane that killed Yamamoto

By Harold C. Hutchison

The ‘Papasha’ is the daddy of Soviet submachine guns

By Tim Kirkpatrick

These were the real-life Wonder Women who fought in the world’s bitterest wars

By Breach, Bang, Clear

This is how Stalingrad’s most epic sniper duel ended

By Tim Kirkpatrick

America’s first ‘top secret’ Medal of Honor went to a Nisei fighting in Korea

By James Elphick

This is the true story of the pier master at Dunkirk

This is the rifle Vasily Zaytsev used to wage a one-man war in ‘Enemy at the Gates’

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is the ‘greatest rifle ever made’ according to R. Lee Ermey

By Eric Milzarski

Afghanistan War

3 reasons why the Afghan army uniform may not have been a big waste of money

By Christian Lowe

These were the US military’s Cold War black ops nuclear hit squads

How these few Marines held the line at the Chosin Reservoir

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This special instinct can help troops survive an ambush

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The first flying Scorpion carried nuclear rockets

By Harold C. Hutchison

3 stories you won’t see in the Dunkirk movie

By James Elphick

Green Beret describes harrowing tank attack during Battle of Ben Het

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revolutionary War

This is how piracy became totally legal during wartime

By Blake Stilwell

That time Chick-Fil-A sent deployed troops a care package

By Harold C. Hutchison

These ISIS-fighting women are getting an Amazon Studios film

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is why ‘Hue 1968’ is ‘Black Hawk Down’ for the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

This is the Dunkirk hero who deserted then changed his name to rejoin the army

By Blake Stilwell

This is why ‘peaceful nukes’ ended in utter disappointment

By Eric Milzarski

4 Asian-American heroes you should know about

By Tim Kirkpatrick

The last soldier killed in WWI died one minute before the war ended

By Blake Stilwell

Here is how aerial gunners were trained to fight their way past the Luftwaffe

By Harold C. Hutchison

This insane cavalry charge inspired Iron Maiden’s “The Trooper”

By Eric Milzarski

This intense first-person video shows how dangerous life was in the trenches of WWI

By Tim Kirkpatrick