New Mexico-class Battleships
A story of firepower, adaptation, and endurance told through the gun crews, lookouts, and engineers who carried these older battleships into the heart of the Pacific War.
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new vision for missile defense
During a period of renewed Cold War tension, the United States sought ways to counter the enormous arsenals of intercontinental ballistic missiles held by both superpowers. On March 23rd, 1983, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation and called for a long-term research effort into defensive systems that could intercept and destroy incoming nuclear weapons.
New York City Draft Riots Begin
On July 13th, 1863, anger over the first federal conscription law boiled over in New York City, just days after Union victory at Gettysburg. Crowds gathered to attack draft offices, and the violence quickly turned against African American residents, soldiers on leave, and anyone seen as supporting the Lincoln administration. Local authorities struggled to regain control as fires, assaults, and looting spread across n
Night Battle off Guadalcanal
On the night of November 13th, 1942, American and Japanese surface forces slammed into each other in the dark waters near Guadalcanal in one of the Pacific War’s most chaotic clashes.
Nixon announces Vietnam troop withdrawals
Two years later to the day, early June marked a turning point in another long and bitter conflict. On June 8th, 1969, President Richard Nixon met South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island in the Pacific to discuss the future of the Vietnam War. There he announced that the United States would begin withdrawing combat troops from South Vietnam, starting with a contingent of thousands of soldiers, as
Normandy airborne landings
A story of scattered night jumps, improvised small-unit fights, and how chaos still helped open the door into Fortress Europe.
North Atlantic Treaty
In the early years of the Cold War, representatives of the United States and eleven other nations gathered in Washington, D.C., to sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The treaty committed its members to mutual defense, stating that an attack on one would be considered an attack on all, and it provided a formal framework for coordinating military planning and deterrence aga
North Korea invades South Korea
Early on June 25th, 1950, North Korean forces crossed the thirty-eighth parallel in strength, spearheaded by tanks and infantry that quickly shattered many South Korean positions. For American commanders, the attack transformed Korea from a peripheral concern into the central crisis of the moment, testing the policy of containing communist expansion that had taken shape in the early Cold War.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
On July 1st, 1968, the United States joined other major powers in signing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. For the military, this agreement did not remove existing nuclear forces, but it committed the country to limiting the spread of nuclear weapons technology and pursuing arms control talks over time.
Nuremberg Trials open
With the Second World War over in Europe, Allied leaders grappled with how to respond to the crimes committed by the defeated regime.
Ohio-class SSBNs
A story of survivability and silent reach told through the crews who vanish beneath the waves and the adversaries they deter.
Okinawa declared secure
After nearly three brutal months of fighting, American commanders declared the island of Okinawa secure on June 22nd, 1945. The campaign had begun with amphibious landings in April, followed by a grinding advance against deeply dug-in Japanese defenses that relied on cave systems, reverse-slope positions, and determined infantry counterattacks.
Okinawa radar picket campaign
A story of small ships on lonely stations, taking the worst hits so the Okinawa invasion could hold together under fire.
Oliver Hazard Perry–Class Frigates
A story of reach, endurance, and compromise told through the crews who rode these lean escorts along the Cold War’s front-line sea lanes.
Omaha Beach landings
A story of a nearly lost beach, scattered initiative, and how small groups clawed back the chance to win a war.
Opening air campaign of Operation Desert Storm
A story of stealth jets, precision strikes, and a regime suddenly in the dark, and how it changed the wider war.
Opening campaign in Afghanistan (2001)
A story of Green Berets on horseback, precision airpower overhead, and how a fragile alliance helped topple a regime in weeks.
Opening of the Battle of Chickamauga
In the wooded hills of north Georgia, the Western Theater saw its own grim test when Union and Confederate armies collided along Chickamauga Creek.