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Archives & Research

Follow military history through machines, people, campaigns, and connected sources.

Major Collections

Established archives and developing research collections.

Featured archive

From early pioneers to modern fighting vehicles. Explore the machines, their development, and their battlefield roles.

Valor archive

Recipient profiles, citations, services, conflicts, and the battles behind America's highest award for valor.

Explore 755 military aircraft families by type, era, country, and design lineage.

Explore 477 warship classes and 7,688 individual ships across naval history.

People, campaigns, units, and sources. Start with the connected Wiki.

Connected research

The Military History Wiki connects machines, people, battles, operations, units, awards, and sources across the historical record.