The Battle of Inchon
1950 | Korea | Amphibious | UN
Inchon restored initiative to United Nations forces and remains a classic example of operational surprise through amphibious maneuver.
Overview
After World War II, military history was shaped by nuclear weapons, decolonization, Cold War planning, proxy conflicts, long-range strike, and eventually networked information systems. Even when the superpowers did not fight each other directly, their doctrines, industries, and alliances shaped almost every regional conflict.
This section includes both battle studies and larger reference projects, especially for the Cold War period where orders of battle, missile networks, and airfield maps are useful in their own right.
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
1954 | France | Viet Minh | Siege
Dien Bien Phu ended French hopes in Indochina and showed what determined logistics and artillery placement could do in difficult terrain.
The Battle of Ia Drang
1965 | Vietnam | Air Mobility | United States
Ia Drang exposed both the power and limitations of helicopter-based warfare in dense, high-intensity combat.
The Battle of Khe Sanh
1968 | Vietnam | Siege | Marines
Khe Sanh became one of the most politically and symbolically charged sieges of the Vietnam War.
The Tet Offensive
1968 | Vietnam | Urban | Political Shock
Although costly to North Vietnam militarily, Tet transformed the perceived trajectory of the war.
The Battle of Hamburger Hill
1969 | Vietnam | Air Assault | Attrition
Hamburger Hill became shorthand for the costly logic of attritional operations in difficult terrain.
The Battle of Khafji
1991 | Gulf War | Coalition | Iraq
Khafji showed how reconnaissance, airpower, and coalition integration could break an Iraqi offensive early in the Gulf War.
The Battle of 73 Easting
1991 | Gulf War | Armor | Sensors
73 Easting remains one of the clearest demonstrations of training, fire control, and sensor advantage in modern armored warfare.
The Second Battle of Fallujah
2004 | Iraq | Urban | Insurgency
Fallujah was one of the toughest urban campaigns fought by U.S. forces in the post-2001 wars.
The Battle of Mosul
2016-2017 | Iraq | Coalition | Urban
Mosul illustrated the complexity of large coalition-supported urban warfare against a dug-in non-state enemy.
Atomic Research and Detonation Sites
Reference | Nuclear | Research | Testing
A reference map and guide to atomic research and detonation locations connected to the nuclear age.
Nike Missile Sites
Cold War | Air Defense | Missile | United States
A reference card for U.S. Nike missile locations and the Cold War air-defense network built around them.
Soviet Airfields During the Cold War
Cold War | USSR | Airbase | Aviation
A set of pages mapping Soviet airfields, including strategic bomber and Arctic operating locations.
Soviet Union OOB 1989
Cold War | USSR | Order of Battle | Reference
A reference index covering Soviet military districts, groups of forces, and formations at the end of the Cold War.
US Army OOB 1989
Cold War | United States | Order of Battle | Reference
Reference pages for active-duty U.S. Army formations near the end of the Cold War.
US Infantry Regiments
Modern | United States | Infantry | Reference
Reference index for 1st–200th Infantry Regiments with unit symbols and detail pages.