Military History

“If you saw what you heard today in a movie, you would shake your head and say, ‘That didn’t happen.’ But it does, every day.”

The Marines won the Battle of Hue. Yet, the U.S. public opinion was blind to their efforts and sacrifice and considered the battle a defeat.

The Malayan Emergency proved that a counterinsurgency operation (COIN) could succeed if approached cleverly and co-owned by the locals.

From crazed citizens to an armada of 1,200 aircraft overflying Tokyo Bay here are seven lesser-known facts about the Japanese surrender.

While he was a more than capable Green Beret, Richard Flaherty — who was just 4 feet, 9 inches tall — had to fight just to join the Army.

The F-86 Sabre marks a very important transition stage in U.S. aircraft development. As such, it has rightfully earned its place in history.

Given the budget for “Masters of the Air,” we can expect some very realistic CGI of the Mighty Eighth’s B-17s flying over Europe.

The choice to use the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki may have saved many more lives than it cost.

Elite and secret units, from the pioneering Rogers’s Rangers to the highly secretive Intelligence Support Activity, have shaped our nation’s history.

Yesterday, August 7, was an important day for U.S. military history. It marked the establishment of the Purple Heart, the invasion of Guadacanal, and the start of the official American involvement in Vietnam.

WWII was a grim affair filled with stories of heroism and misanthropy. But a few WWII stories are just plain weird. This are five of the weirdest.

The time the French soldiers bought allowed the British Expeditionary Force to escape from Dunkirk and live to fight another day.