Battle of Stones River begins
As the year 1862 closed, Union fortunes looked dim after setbacks in Virginia, but in central Tennessee a different story was beginning.
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Battle of the Chateauguay
In the fall of the War of 1812, American planners hoped to capture Montreal by sending a column up the Châteauguay River in Lower Canada.
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir begins
As the wider front buckled, the crisis in Korea intensified around the frozen Chosin Reservoir, where United States Marines and attached Army units held positions along mountain roads and ridges.
Battle of the Thames
During the War of 1812, control of the Great Lakes and the Old Northwest hinged on both naval power and fast-moving land campaigns.
Battle of Tippecanoe
Two decades later, another fight in the Old Northwest underscored the stakes of American expansion.
Battle of Trenton
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.
Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain
On a cold October morning, a makeshift American flotilla under Benedict Arnold waited behind Valcour Island on Lake Champlain for a much larger British squadron sailing south from Canada.
Battle of Westport
By late 1864, Confederate General Sterling Price launched a sweeping mounted raid into Missouri, hoping to capture cities, inspire recruits, and shift attention from collapsing fronts elsewhere.
Beirut barracks bombing
Two decades later, American troops faced a different kind of threat while on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon.
Benedict Arnold and Major John André meet near West Point
Three years after Saratoga, one of its heroes met secretly with a British officer to betray the very cause he once championed.
Benedict Arnold’s treason exposed
Two days after André’s capture, events reached a crisis on September 25th, 1780, when General Washington traveled to inspect West Point and discovered that Benedict Arnold had fled.
Berlin Airlift concludes
In the early Cold War, the contest for Berlin became a test of whether the Western Allies could sustain a free city deep inside the Soviet occupation zone without surrendering to pressure.
Birth of the Continental Marines
On November 10th, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the raising of two battalions of Marines to serve as soldiers at sea.
“Black Thursday” over Schweinfurt
Strategic bombing over Europe reached a grim milestone on October 14th, 1943, when the United States Eighth Air Force sent hundreds of B-17 bombers against ball-bearing plants around Schweinfurt, Germany.
Bombing halt over North Vietnam
As the Vietnam War dragged on, the sustained air campaign against North Vietnam weighed heavily on pilots, ground crews, and the civilians beneath the bombs.
Bombing of USS Cole in Aden Harbor
At the dawn of a new century, American forces operating far from home faced a different kind of threat.
Bradley Fighting Vehicle
A story of firepower, protection, and situational awareness told through the soldiers who rode into battle inside the Bradley’s armored hull.
Breakout battles around Hagaru-ri, Chosin
On December 1st, 1950, in the mountains of North Korea near the Chosin Reservoir, United States Marines and attached soldiers were fighting a different kind of battle for survival.