This website is dedicated to telling the history of American military battles from the American Revolutionary War to present day. We have just started, so coverage-wise we are lacking in battles and even entire wars, but over time this site will become more detailed and in depth.

Battle of Normandy. During the summer of 1944, the Allied nations entered France for a historic battle. Now known as the battle of Normandy, this event was the largest seaborne invasion in modern history. More than three million Allied troops swept across the English Channel to enter occupied France during this World War II battle.

Battle of Khe Sanh. Khe Sanh was just a remote region in Quang Tri Province of the Republic of South Vietnam. The United States’ army occupied the region in 1952 and built a camp there. Later on in 1966 the US marine established a garrison adjacent to the camp. In 1967 the People’s Army of Vietnam was deployed in the area alerting the ...

The Battle of Antietam lasted only three days, from September 16-18, 1862. Though short, the Battle of Antietam stands out as the single bloodiest day in the Civil War . By the end of the battle, 2,108 Union soldiers were confirmed dead.

Battle of the Wilderness. The Battle of the Wilderness introduced Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s historical engagements against Gen. Robert E. Lee into the landscape of the Civil War. Fought May 5 – 7, 1864, this was the first encounter that pitted …

Battle of Belleau Wood. The spring of 1918 marked the first opportunity in World War I for the forces of the United States, in coordination with their French and British Allies, to operate on a large scale against the German Army. The war that had begun in Bosnia in 1914 was soon to finish but few in the fighting nations could have known that….

The Battle of Iwo Jima took place over a month-long period. American military forces entered Iwo Jima on February 19 after the United States had launched three months of aerial and sea strikes against the island.

The Battle of Belleau Wood, June 1-8 The Germans devastated French defenders to the left of the US positions. Combined elements of the US reserve conducted a forced march across 6 miles overnight to fill the gap left by the retreating French.

The Battle of Guadalcanal, fought during World War II, was both the Allies’ first major Pacific offensive and a turning point in the war against the Japanese. The island of Guadalcanal is part of the Solomon Islands, sitting between Japan and Australia.

The Battle of Spotsylvania, sometimes also called the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, took place in Virginia from May 8-21 in 1864. It was an important battle in the American Civil War. Although it ended with no conclusive winner, its casualties were high.