This Week in History April 14th, 2026 – April 20th, 2026
From April 14th, 2026 through April 20th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of turning points in United States military history.
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This Week in History April 21st, 2026 – April 27th, 2026
From April 21st, 2026 through April 27th, 2026, the calendar lines up with moments when American forces took bold risks, closed out bitter wars, and tested new roles on the world stage.
This Week in History April 28th, 2026 – May 4th, 2026
The span from April 28th, 2026 through May 4th, 2026 gathers together moments when American arms, diplomacy, and engineering reshaped not only battles but the map of the world.
This Week in History April 7th, 2026 – April 13th, 2026
From April 7th, 2026 through April 13th, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most sobering pivot points in United States military history.
This Week in History August 11th, 2026 – August 17th, 2026
From August 11th, 2026 through August 17th, 2026, the calendar carries echoes of American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines fighting, failing, learning, and ultimately reshaping the world around them.
This Week in History August 18th, 2026 – August 24th, 2026
From August 18th, 2026 through August 24th, 2026, the calendar brings us back to moments when American arms, policy, and geography all shifted in important ways.
This Week in History August 4th, 2026 – August 10th, 2026
From August 4th, 2026 through August 10th, 2026, the calendar links moments of American service that stretch from the Revolutionary War encampments on the Hudson to armored columns rolling into the Arabian desert.
This Week in History February 10th, 2026 – February 16th, 2026
From February 10th, 2026 through February 16th, 2026, the calendar of United States military history reaches across centuries of combat, diplomacy, and high-stakes leadership decisions.
This Week in History February 17th, 2026 – February 23rd, 2026
From February 17th, 2026 through February 23rd, 2026, the military calendar brings together a striking mix of frontier skirmishes, civil war cities in flames, Pacific islands under bombardment, and armored columns racing across…
This Week in History February 24th, 2026 – March 2nd, 2026
From February 24th, 2026 through March 2nd, 2026, the calendar carries echoes of campaigns, crises, experiments, and hard lessons that have shaped United States arms and strategy.
This Week in History February 3rd, 2026 – February 9th, 2026
From February 3rd, 2026 through February 9th, 2026, this edition of “This Week in U.S.
This Week in History January 13th, 2026 – January 19th, 2026
The seven days from January 13th, 2026 through January 19th, 2026 carry echoes from some of the most important turning points in United States military history.
This Week in History January 20th, 2026 – January 26th, 2026
From January 20th, 2026 through January 26th, 2026, the calendar carries echoes of hardship on frozen hillsides, nervous arrivals in foreign harbors, and bold experiments in new technology.
This Week in History January 27th, 2026 – February 2nd, 2026
From January 27th, 2026 through February 2nd, 2026, the calendar brings together moments of conquest, reform, innovation, and bitter reckoning in United States military history.
This Week in History January 6th, 2026 – January 12th, 2026
From January 6th, 2026 through January 12th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a set of moments that stretch from the founding of the American republic to the jet age and beyond.
This Week in History July 14th, 2026 – July 20th, 2026
The calendar week from July 14th, 2026 through July 20th, 2026 connects some of the most daring, tragic, and transformative moments in United States military history.
This Week in History July 21st, 2026 – July 27th, 2026
From July 21st, 2026 through July 27th, 2026, the United States military calendar brings together a striking range of anniversaries.
This Week in History July 28th, 2026 – August 3rd, 2026
Late July and early August have often found American service members in hard, hot places, from Midwestern river bluffs to the burning decks of carriers off Vietnam.