M60 Patton
A story of survivability, firepower, and adaptation told through the Marine crews and desert battles that defined it.
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M65 Atomic Cannon
A story of nuclear firepower and uneasy deterrence told through the crews, observers, and test shots that defined the United States’ only nuclear gun.
M88 Hercules
A story of hard-learned recovery, brute-force engineering, and keeping broken armor in the fight when everything else says it should be left behind.
MacArthur arrives in Japan
On August 30th, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur stepped off an aircraft at Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo as the designated Supreme Commander for the Allied occupation of Japan.
Malta Summit between Bush and Gorbachev
On December 2nd, 1989, President George H.
Manila falls to Japanese forces
The momentum of Japan’s early offensives reached the Philippine capital on January 2nd, 1942, when Japanese troops entered Manila.
March on Yorktown begins
One year later, on September 28th, 1781, a combined American and French army moved out from around Williamsburg and advanced toward British positions at Yorktown, Virginia.
Marines assault Tarawa
During the Second World War’s Pacific campaign, the Gilbert Islands became a stepping stone toward the central Pacific.
Marines land on Peleliu in the Pacific
In the western Pacific, Marines of the First Marine Division stepped off amtracs onto the coral beaches of Peleliu on September 15th, 1944.
Marines storm John Brown’s stronghold at Harpers Ferry
Before the Civil War formally began, the United States Marine Corps found itself at the center of a domestic crisis when abolitionist John Brown seized the federal armory at Harpers Ferry.
Mark IV Tank
The Mark IV tank was not fast, refined, or comfortable, but it was the machine that helped make Cambrai one of the defining armored battles of the First World War.
Massachusetts militia regiments organized
In colonial New England, defense of scattered settlements depended on citizen-soldiers mustering with their neighbors rather than a standing army.
Melvin E. Biddle
A Medal of Honor story of courage under fire in the Battle of the Bulge.
Melvin Mayfield
Two pinned-down Filipino companies, a barren ridge in the Philippine highlands, and one American corporal who decided to move forward when everyone else was stuck.
Metz falls to Third Army
In Europe, the fortified city of Metz had long been viewed as a tough nut to crack, with layers of forts dating back to earlier German rule.
Meuse-Argonne final offensive push
As the First World War neared its close, American forces in France were still locked in brutal combat.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
A story of exhausted infantry, deep woods, and a final push that helped break Germany’s will to fight.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive opens
On September 26th, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces launched the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the largest United States campaign of the First World War and one of the biggest in the nation’s military history.