War History (Page 53)

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

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This is how the first Asian-American Marine officer saved 8,000 men

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Here is a look at the 16-inch turrets on a battleship

By Harold C. Hutchison

How and why the Stryker would be the ultimate pillbox at Verdun

By Harold C. Hutchison

The US military’s actual plan for a moon base

The first ‘Memphis Belle’ was actually shot down before it completed 25 missions

By Harold C. Hutchison

This Warthog pilot will receive the Silver Star 14 years after saving troops in battle

By Harold C. Hutchison

Famed P-51 Mustang ‘Berlin Express’ is returning to Europe

By Harold C. Hutchison

How Rangers ‘left their mark’ on the Italians at Sened Station

By James Elphick

Civil War musicians served as battlefield medics

This is the all-Jewish force who took it to the Nazis in North Africa

By Blake Stilwell

This is what you need to know about the B-17 Flying Fortress

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time a mild-mannered janitor was actually a WWII hero

By James Elphick

This was reportedly the youngest US serviceman killed in Vietnam

By Tim Kirkpatrick

5 key pieces of military technology developed by the US to fight the Vietnam War

By Tim Kirkpatrick

That time US sailors got a bounty for capturing a Nazi ship

By Harold C. Hutchison

This cursed Soviet submarine nearly caused a nuclear disaster in the Atlantic Ocean

This was probably the most one-sided air battle in the Pacific during WW2

By Harold C. Hutchison

Canadian sniper sets new world record for a long-distance kill

5 unbelievable missions of Canada’s most legendary native soldier

By Blake Stilwell

This famous guerrilla leader captured the general hunting him

6 times troops marched all night and laid waste in the morning

WWI’s deadliest sniper was from Canada

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Afghanistan War

How the SAS has deployed to London’s streets to stop another terrorist attack

9 military ‘ghost bases’ you’ve probably never heard of

By Harold C. Hutchison

The world’s most expensive bomber traces its roots to World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

This German soldier received the same wounds in the same town as his father did 30 years earlier

Listen to the tango the Red Army used to intimidate the Nazis at Stalingrad

By Blake Stilwell

Why Johnny Cash was the first Westerner to learn Stalin was dead

The first American shots in WW1 were actually fired in Guam

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is why grunt gear isn’t for the average man

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This is how many of some of the most heroic WW2 planes are left

By Harold C. Hutchison

Watch this Marine describe his personal battle at Tarawa

This British soldier may have spared Hitler’s life during WWI

By Blake Stilwell

That time America abandoned an Abrams tank in Baghdad

These were some of the ballsiest pilots of WWII, and their planes didn’t even have engines

By Harold C. Hutchison

How this Vietnam War pilot survived captivity and torture

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This battleship went from Pearl Harbor to D-Day to nuclear tests

By Harold C. Hutchison

Revenge and duty to country motivated this Vietnam War Marine

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Beware the American booby trap rigger in Vietnam

By Tim Kirkpatrick

Revolutionary War

Benedict Arnold created – and sank – an entire navy fleet

6 Navy bombers that flew for the Air Force

By Harold C. Hutchison

This British D-Day vessel was the only battleship to torpedo another battleship

By Harold C. Hutchison

This is how the ‘Handsomest Man in the Luftwaffe’ lost his looks

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This D-Day vet played the role of his British commander in ‘The Longest Day’

By Harold C. Hutchison

Here are 5 incredibly brave kids we’ve seen in war movies

By Tim Kirkpatrick

This Komet was the fastest combat plane of World War II

By Harold C. Hutchison

A World War II veteran received a Bronze Star 73 years later

That time Los Angeles fought off an imaginary Japanese bombing raid

By Daniel Tobias Flint

Things you need to know about al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Taliban

By Shannon Corbeil

7 times Allied troops stole Nazi vehicles

Watch a WWII tank commander reunite with his Hellcat

This was America’s first true aircraft carrier

By Harold C. Hutchison

9 bombers that can shoot down a fighter

By Harold C. Hutchison

7 craziest commando missions of World War II

The Civil War’s Union Army is the reason beat cops wear blue

By Blake Stilwell

This Black Cat was bad luck for the Japanese navy

By Harold C. Hutchison

The ‘Re-Up Bird’ was the most tireless Vietnam-era recruiter

By Blake Stilwell

This was the RAF’s insane plan to steal a Nazi plane

These 74 dead sailors from the Vietnam War are not honored on the Wall

By Harold C. Hutchison

Afghanistan War

Sebastian Junger’s ‘Hell on Earth’ chronicles the rise of ISIS in Syria

Marine receives Silver Star for thwarting assassination attempt

By WATM Partners

Russia built an armored vehicle like the American M113

By Harold C. Hutchison

Afghanistan War

This British sniper took out six insurgents by detonating a Taliban suicide vest

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s why flamethrowers were so deadly on the battlefield for both sides

By Tim Kirkpatrick