War History (Page 56)

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

Latest in War History

Russia has threatened to nuke Norway

Hacksaw Ridge is this year’s must-see military movie

This former top-secret missile base is being slowly exposed

The US Navy learned a lot of lessons the hard way at the Battle of Santa Cruz

By Harold C. Hutchison

That time British paratroopers stole a Nazi radar station from occupied France

By James Elphick

8 facts about Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S. invasion of Grenada

By Blake Stilwell

This “Gyrojet” rocket ammo made bullets faster but less accurate

The Navy’s baddest pilot in World War II isn’t who you think

By Harold C. Hutchison

Sixty years ago the world got its first look at an AK-47

Elite engineers recreated the World War II Nazi stealth bomber

This former Delta Force commander is fighting a new, more deadly battle

By Christian Lowe

Here’s how US Marines brought karate back home after World War II

By Kelly Crigger

That time a US general challenged Teddy Roosevelt’s orders with a 90-mile ride

By Frank Jastrzembski

Corporal Wojtek: the 440-pound bear who drank, smoked, and carried munitions

Watch this Medal of Honor recipient describe how he saved 75 soldiers – without firing a shot

By Blake Stilwell

4 of the most amazing stories from Operation Market Garden

By James Elphick

Here’s a look at the “Davy Crockett bomb,” the world’s smallest nuke

The Nazis built a flying wing way before America came up with the B-2 ‘Spirit’

By Orvelin Valle

Afghanistan War

Taliban capture of US vehicles is the latest in a long history of gear falling into enemy hands

By Harold C. Hutchison

Iconic World War II ‘nurse’ Greta Friedman dies at 92

By Blake Stilwell

This is how British pilots made beer runs for troops in Normandy

By James Elphick

Fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker was the WWI ‘Ace of Aces’

The first battle of WWII featured one of the last cavalry charges ever

By James Elphick

Hell hath no fury like a Russian war widow who bought her own tank to fight World War II

By Blake Stilwell

Sparta’s ‘special operators’ had ruthless training tactics

By Tracy Woodward

The last US troops killed in the Vietnam War actually died two years after it ended

By Blake Stilwell

This daring Army aviator turned a scout plane into a tank-buster

By James Elphick

That time Colin Powell saved crash victims by tearing burning metal with his bare hands

By Blake Stilwell

Here’s how Patton earned the nickname ‘Old Blood and Guts’

By Orvelin Valle

Russia sold its enemy the metal for the greatest spy plane ever

By Blake Stilwell

Afghanistan War

This wounded soldier was impaled by an RPG and survived

ISIS is digging up Nazi land mines in Egypt to use for IEDs

By Blake Stilwell

This artist shows combat through a fighting man’s eyes

This WWII bombing mission resulted in 5 Medals of Honor

By James Elphick

Here’s the trailer for “Dunkirk,” the first war film from the guy who directed “The Dark Knight”

By Tracy Woodward

First African-American Marines finally get their own monument

By Christian Lowe

New trailer for WWII epic “Hacksaw Ridge” tells the story of a heroic Army medic

By Tracy Woodward

A future Kentucky governor attempted biological warfare in the Civil War

This is how British Commandos pulled off ‘The Greatest Raid of All’

By James Elphick

This is how presidents-elect learn about covert operations before they’re sworn in

Afghanistan War

Former head of DIA says ISIS laptops are filled with ’80 percent pornography’

This woman was likely the first journalist to ever make a combat jump

By James Elphick

This Navy SEAL wrote for everyone who fought the Battle of Ramadi

By Blake Stilwell

This Boston Red Sox catcher changed the course of World War II

By Blake Stilwell

Nazi war criminals are still being prosecuted

By Blake Stilwell

After 50 years, a heroic Huey pilot will receive the Medal of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

14 surprising, little-known facts about the Korean War

By Blake Stilwell

Second-to-last surviving Doolittle Raider dies at 94

By Janine Stange

This is the only time since the War of 1812 that enemy forces occupied US soil

By Stephen Carlson

That time Muhammed Ali rescued hostages from Saddam Hussein

By Blake Stilwell

Thousands of Irishmen deserted their military to fight Hitler

This Union general cheated death twice before the Civil War even started

By Frank Jastrzembski

This WWII vet inspired almost every comic strip in your Sunday funnies

By Blake Stilwell

Here is the spectacular view from a U2 spy plane at 70,000 feet

By Orvelin Valle

WW2 vet dies while visiting country from which he fought 71 years earlier

The insane Vietnam War adventures of legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock

By Orvelin Valle

This is how Osama bin Laden trained Somalis in the “Black Hawk Down” incident

By Blake Stilwell

This Marine’s war journal grew into an HBO blockbuster series

By James Elphick

This why a soldier’s chow came in a can back in the day

Spanish-American War

These amazing Spanish-American War photos were found during a recent Navy office renovation

By Blake Stilwell

Hitler’s last gasp against the Soviets turned into an 8-day butcher fest

This Navy mom served on the homefront after losing all 5 sons in World War II

US intelligence before World War II was basically nonexistent

By James Elphick

This infographic shows how the machine gun revolutionized World War I combat