This Week in History May 26th, 2026 – June 1st, 2026
The stretch from May 26th, 2026 through June 1st, 2026 links battles in colonial forests, grim Civil War fields, and storm-lashed Pacific islands.
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The stretch from May 26th, 2026 through June 1st, 2026 links battles in colonial forests, grim Civil War fields, and storm-lashed Pacific islands.
From May 5th, 2026 through May 11th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a remarkable spread of turning points in United States military history.
From November 10th, 2026 through November 16th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of anniversaries that trace the long arc of American arms.
From November 17th, 2026 through November 23rd, 2026, the calendar lines up with a series of moments when American arms, ideas, and institutions faced hard tests.
From November 24th, 2026 through November 30th, 2026, the calendar links a series of moments when United States arms, diplomacy, and conscience were all tested.
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.
From October 13th, 2026 through October 19th, 2026, the calendar links today’s readers to moments when the United States military helped shape the course of a young republic, preserved a divided union, confronted global enemies…
From October 20th, 2026 through October 26th, 2026, the calendar lines up with some of the most consequential moments in United States military history.
From October 27th, 2026 through November 2nd, 2026, the calendar links trench lines outside Petersburg, destroyers in the North Atlantic, Marines wading ashore in the Solomons, and bomber crews orbiting on nuclear alert.
From October 6th, 2026 through October 12th, 2026, the calendar links us to moments when American sailors, soldiers, airmen, and Marines faced decisions that reshaped both campaigns and institutions.
From September 15th, 2026 through September 21st, 2026, the calendar links moments of crisis, adaptation, and transformation across American arms.
From September 1st, 2026 through September 7th, 2026, the calendar lines up with a remarkably rich run of moments in United States military history.
From September 22nd, 2026 through September 28th, 2026, the calendar brings us back to a series of moments when the United States was still deciding what kind of nation it would be in war and in peace.
From September 29th, 2026 through October 5th, 2026, the calendar brings us back to battlefields, command posts, and city streets where American service members tested themselves in war and in uneasy peace.
From September 8th, 2026 through September 14th, 2026, the calendar touches some of the most consequential hinges in United States military history.
A story of exhausted infantry, deep woods, and a final push that helped break Germany’s will to fight.
A story of armored columns driving straight into a capital and how a handful of tank battalions helped topple a regime in days.
A story of a risky harbor landing, brutal tides, and how it broke a grinding stalemate in Korea.