Though the Vietnam War did eventually end, it didn't really end until a couple of years after peace was negotiated. It also ended in rather spectacular fashion.
Roughly 40,000 Americans died in the Korean War, and 100,000 more were wounded. This is the story of Operation Thunderbolt, one of the war's deadliest battles.
The Boston Irish Gang Wars killed dozens of people in the 1960s, with assassinations, gang shootouts, and car bombs leaving a grim mark on the city's history.
World War I, perhaps the most infamous war in world history, is well-known by many. Or is it? Many common facts about the first World War are actually myths.
Many might recognize names like Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee from history class, but here are some of the forgotten Union generals from the Civil War.
WWI included a seldom-discussed battle, which involved a vast forest, plenty of mud and blood, and a particularly heroic pigeon that saved over a hundred men.
On paper, the U.S. WWII mission "Operation Tidal Wave" seemed like a strategic move. But due to miscalculations and pilot errors, it turned into a catastrophe.
During World War II, the last place that a person of Jewish descent would want to be was Germany. So why did so many Jewish men serve in the German military?
Although the American Civil War was largely fought along geographical lines, there were those Southerners who disagreed with the dissolution of the Union.
After WWII's D-Day. Allied forces left behind thousands of their comrades' remains scattered across the beaches. Here's what happened to the bodies from D-Day.
In 1916, while the United States was still officially neutral during World War I, a deadly terrorist attack happened on American soil. So what exactly happened?