This Week in History November 3rd, 2026 – November 9th, 2026
From November 3rd, 2026 through November 9th, 2026, the calendar links frontier skirmishes, blue-water fleets, Cold War walls, and house-to-house fighting in the Middle East.
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This Week in History October 20th, 2026 – October 26th, 2026
From October 20th, 2026 through October 26th, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most consequential moments in United States military history.
Tides, Mudflats, and Marines: How the Inchon Assault Broke the Deadlock in Korea
A story of a risky harbor landing, brutal tides, and how it broke a grinding stalemate in Korea.
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.
UH-1 Huey and Its Variants in Air Assault over Vietnam, Vietnam War
A story of reach, survivability, and adaptation told through the pilots, crews, and troops who lived and fought under the Huey’s rotors.
“Underway on Nuclear Power”: USS Nautilus and the Birth of the Nuclear Navy
A story of nuclear propulsion, undersea endurance, and how one boat reshaped the Cold War at sea.
Battle of Dak To, 1967
The November 1967 fighting around Dak To involved several hills, formations and successive actions. Hill 875 became its best-known episode, but the wider battle also depended on reinforcement, medical evacuation and support from outside the immediate battlefield.
Battle of Okinawa
Okinawa was a connected land, sea, and air campaign rather than a single beach landing. This overview follows the April assault, northern and southern fighting, offshore defense, civilian experience, and the collapse of organized resistance in June 1945.
Battle of Shiloh
At Pittsburg Landing along the Tennessee River, Confederate forces struck the encamped Union Army of the Tennessee in a surprise attack that opened one of the Civil War’s first truly massive battles. General Ulysses S. Grant’s troops had been gathering for an advance deeper into the Confederate heartland when General Albert Sidney Johnston launched a dawn assault.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
After the Wilderness, the armies fought for roads, salients and supply routes around Spotsylvania. The Bloody Angle was the most remembered episode, but the battle also included Laurel Hill, Heth’s Salient and later attempts to turn or break the defenses.
Doolittle Raid
A story of a long-shot bombing raid, a borrowed carrier deck, and how one gamble shifted the course of a global 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.
Across the Delaware in the Dark: How Washington’s Surprise Attack at Trenton Kept the American Revolution Alive
A story of a winter river crossing, a worn-out army on the edge of defeat, and how one night’s gamble kept the Revolution alive.
AH-1 Cobra over Vietnam, 1967–1973
A story of speed, firepower, and improvisation told through the pilots, gunners, and grunts who depended on the first dedicated United States attack helicopter.
Arsenal: AH-64 Apache in Desert Storm, 1991
A story of night-hunting firepower and battlefield reach told through the crews who flew it into the dark.
Arsenal: Atlanta-class Anti-Aircraft Cruisers in the Pacific, World War II
A story of layered air defense and brutal night fighting told through the cruiser crews who tried to hold back enemy air and surface attacks.
Arsenal: C-5 Galaxy in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1990–1991
A story of reach and risk told through the aircrews who flew one of the largest aircraft ever built into the heart of modern war.
Arsenal: Cleveland-class Light Cruisers in the Pacific War
A story of flexible firepower and fragile hulls, told through the cruisers and crews that fought their way across the Pacific.