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MILITARY HISTORY, PUBLISHED AND CONNECTED.
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208Complete 2026 Articles
4Active Editorial Lanes
561Dated Tuesday Entries
123Companion Infographics
208Companion Audio Links
Weekly Field Schedule
FOUR COMPLETE ARCHIVES. ONE CONNECTED PUBLICATION.
Each editorial lane keeps its own identity while sharing one searchable archive, permanent article pages, and reciprocal Wiki links.
MondayBeyond the CallThursdayLiving History
Medal of Honor stories placed back into their battlefield setting.
52 articles → TuesdayThis Week in HistoryA weekly calendar of anniversaries, turning points, and remembered moments.
52 articles → WednesdayHeadline WednesdayLong-form features on campaigns, battles, commanders, and pivotal decisions.
52 articles → FridayThe ArsenalWeapons, platforms, technology, doctrine, crews, and sustainment in action.
52 articles →2026 Publication Archive
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Issue 02 · 12 min read
Breakout From Chosin: How Surrounded Marines Fought Their Way to the Sea
A story of a frozen fighting withdrawal and how it reshaped the war in Korea.
Issue 07 · 10 min read
Into the City: Marines, Soldiers, and the Second Battle of Fallujah
A story of block-by-block urban fighting and the hard decision to take back a city at any cost.
Issue 12 · 11 min read
Four Carriers in Flames: How the U.S. Turned the Tide at Midway
A story of a risky carrier ambush, frantic searches, and a sudden shift in the Pacific war.
Issue 48 · 11 min read
From Peace to Flames in Minutes: How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Remade the U.S. Military
A story of a quiet Pacific fleet caught off guard and how a single Sunday morning reshaped a global war.
Issue 50 · 10 min read
From Briefing Room to Stairwell: How U.S. Special Operators Carried Out the Bin Laden Raid
A story of a midnight manhunt, close-quarters decisions, and how one raid reshaped a long, unfinished war.
Issue 52 · 12 min read
San Juan Heights: How Buffalo Soldiers and Rough Riders Took a Ridge and Changed America’s View of War
A story of volunteers and regulars climbing into rifle fire together and how that charge reshaped America’s sense of modern war.
Issue 37 · 13 min read
North to the Netherlands: How American and Allied Paratroopers Fought for the Bridges of Market Garden
A story of a bold airborne gamble, a narrow road north, and the bridges that proved just one too many.
Issue 41 · 12 min read
Signals, Torpedoes, and Confusion: How the Gulf of Tonkin Incidents Changed Vietnam
A story of murky signals, political urgency, and how a confusing night on the water widened a war.
Issue 30 · 11 min read
Into the Bulge: How American Units Bent but Did Not Break in Hitler’s Last Gamble
A story of a winter surprise offensive and exhausted American units holding the line under crushing odds.
Issue 28 · 13 min read
Hard Lessons at Kasserine: How a Bruising Loss Reshaped American Leadership and Tactics
A story of a painful first defeat and how it forced a new army to relearn leadership, tactics, and trust in combat.
Issue 06 · 11 min read
Black Hawk Down: How Rangers and Delta Held On in the Streets of Mogadishu
A story of an urban raid that turned into a street-by-street survival fight and how it reshaped American intervention abroad.
Issue 42 · 13 min read
Night of Broken Rotors: How Eagle Claw’s Failure Led to a New U.S. Special Operations Era
A story of a risky desert rescue, broken machinery, and how one night’s failure reshaped American special operations.
Issue 43 · 13 min read
Students, Rangers, and Marines: How the Fight for Grenada Exposed Gaps in Joint Warfare
A story of a rushed island invasion, scrambled coordination, and the troops who made it work anyway.
Issue 05 · 11 min read
Abrams vs T-72: The Desert Tank Duels That Shocked the World
A story of high-tech American armor meeting Soviet-designed tanks in the desert and how it reshaped modern ground warfare.
Issue 04 · 12 min read
Opening Shock: How Stealth and Precision Air Strikes Crippled Iraqi Command
A story of stealth jets, precision strikes, and a regime suddenly in the dark, and how it changed the wider war.
Issue 23 · 12 min read
Convoys, Corners, and IEDs: How the Long Fight for Sadr City Tested Soldiers and Medics
A story of exposed convoys, hidden fighters, and the soldiers and medics who kept moving through an urban kill zone.
Issue 09 · 9 min read
Secrets at Sixty Thousand Feet: The U-2 Program and the Day Powers Was Shot Down
A story of secret overflights, Cold War nerves, and the moment a “untouchable” spy plane finally fell from the sky.
Issue 26 · 11 min read
Torpedoes in the Shipping Lanes: How U.S. Submariners Fought a Hidden War in the Pacific
A story of a silent campaign against merchant ships and how it helped choke an island empire’s war effort.
Issue 21 · 12 min read
Broken Arrows and Hot Landing Zones: How Ia Drang Foreshadowed the Long War in Vietnam
A story of air cavalry, hidden armies, and a brutal valley fight that previewed the grinding war still to come.
Issue 46 · 11 min read
Thunder in the Streets: How Armored Spearheads Broke Saddam’s Regime in Days
A story of armored columns driving straight into a capital and how a handful of tank battalions helped topple a regime in days.
Issue 39 · 11 min read
Perry on Lake Erie: How a Scratch-Built Fleet Beat the Royal Navy Close to Shore
A story of improvised shipbuilding, close-range gunnery, and how one day on a freshwater lake reshaped the struggle for the American Northwest.
Issue 01 · 11 min read
The Blood-Soaked Reef: How the Fight for Tarawa Shaped Amphibious Warfare
A story of a brutal island landing, a coral reef turned killing ground, and how one short battle rewrote amphibious warfare.
Issue 33 · 12 min read
Andrew Jackson at New Orleans: How Rifles, Earthworks, and Timing Crushed a British Assault
A story of a lopsided clash where earthworks, frontier rifles, and bad timing shattered a veteran British army and reshaped a young republic’s confidence.
Issue 49 · 12 min read
Saddles and Satellites: How Special Forces and Local Fighters Toppled the Taliban’s First Regime
A story of Green Berets on horseback, precision airpower overhead, and how a fragile alliance helped topple a regime in weeks.
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