Military History

Military History is the nation’s oldest and most popular war magazine devoted to the history of warfare. Topics include naval history, army, infantry and foot soldiers from all branches of the military.

Military History

Plane Baffled

Green Beret Receives Overdue Medal of Honor

National Museum of the USAF Flying High at 100

A Promotion for General Grant

WAR RECORD

Legionary, Take That Hill!

Base Names to Honor All Americans

Congress Recognizes Nuremberg Prosecutor

WWI Germans to Rest in Place

Did a Dry Spell Rile the Barbarians?

Aussie Mustang Soars Again

Low-Mileage Jeep, One Royal Passenger

TAPS

Interview The Warrior Tradition

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Valor An ‘Undesirable’ Hero • Sgt. Maynard H. Smith U.S. Army Air Forces Medal of Honor Brest, France May 1, 1943

What We Learned From… The Taiwan Strait Crises, 1954-96

Hardware Douglas C-47 Skytrain

MIRACLE FROM THE AIR • Recalling the Berlin Airlift 75 years after the launch of the most remarkable supply operation in human history

How to Save a City

The Irrepressible ‘Candy Bomber

TAKING RIGA BY STORM • As Russia tottered on the brink of collapse in 1917, Germany resolved to knock it out of World War I with an innovative attack that still informs tactics today

Bruchmüller’s Task-Tailored Artillery

PRECISION VS. PROPAGANDA • Some painters meticulously researched their masterworks—others not so much

BITTER HARVEST • The French and allied Indians achieved total surprise with their 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, but its reverberations stoked the ultimate downfall of New France

A FIERCE LITTLE FIGHT • In 1995 Peru and Ecuador waged a 34-day border dispute with Spanish colonial origins using the latest in jet aircraft, GPS technology and ground-based weapons

THE BRITISH ‘BULLDOG’ • Major Patrick Ferguson earned his nickname for his dogged determination to remain in the American Revolutionary War and bring the upstart Patriots to heel

War’s Endgame

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