This Week in History May 26th, 2026 – June 1st, 2026

Arsenal: AH-64 Apache in Desert Storm, 1991

Arsenal: AH-64 Apache in Desert Storm, 1991 follows the United States Army’s main attack helicopter from its low-level night raid on Iraqi radar sites to deep strikes against armored columns in the Gulf War and beyond. This episode traces how the Apache was built to solve the problem of massed Warsaw Pact armor, walks through its development and crew experience, and then follows it into combat over Iraq, Afghanistan, and other modern battlefields. Listeners hear how its sensors, weapons, strengths, and weaknesses shaped tactics on both sides, and how later Longbow and Guardian variants evolved the design. Arsenal is the Friday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the podcast is developed by Trackpads.com.

Torpedoes Away

Headline Wednesday: Submarine War in the Pacific, World War II takes you beneath the gray swells and into the steel hulls where a small community of United States submariners waged a quiet, ruthless campaign against Japan’s lifelines. This episode follows the men who hunted tankers and freighters in the dark, threading minefields and depth-charge patterns to cut the flow of fuel, ore, and food that kept an island empire fighting. Headline Wednesday is the Wednesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the series is developed by Trackpads dot com, bringing undersea ambushes, convoy battles, and high-risk patrols into clear, human focus. Across the episode, you will hear how a peacetime scouting force turned into a lethal commerce raider arm through bitter torpedo failures, stubborn testing, and new technology like radar and codebreaking. We trace the learning curve from cautious early patrols to aggressive wolfpack tactics, then follow the consequences as Japanese shipping lanes empty, factories slow, and frontline garrisons starve. It is a journey from periscope crosshairs on a single freighter to the larger collapse of an overextended empire at sea. Use this story as a refresher for your own reading, wargaming, or staff-ride prep, and pair it with the Dispatch Audio Editions at dispatch.trackpads.com or your regular podcast app.

This Week in History June 30th, 2026 – July 6th, 2026

This Week in U.S. Military History: June 30th, 2026–July 6th, 2026 traces a powerful arc from the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the brutal three days at Gettysburg to the hard climb up San Juan Hill and the fall of Vicksburg on the Mississippi. Listeners move from muddy Civil War crossroads at Glendale to the moment the United States Army Air Corps is created, and on to Philippine independence and the first desperate clashes of the Korean War at Osan. Along the way, the story confronts nuclear restraint in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the tragedy of Iran Air Flight 655 over the Gulf. Across these seven days on the calendar, the narrative blends battlefield decisions, institutional change, and the human cost of error, always returning to what these anniversaries meant for the soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who lived them. “This Week in U.S. Military History” is the Tuesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, developed by Trackpads.com, and the episode offers a clear, respectful walk through each moment, showing how leadership, adaptation, and memory continue to shape American arms and service.

Beyond the Call: Corporal Arthur O. Beyer near Arloncourt, Belgium, 1945

Beyond the Call: Corporal Arthur O. Beyer at Arloncourt, Belgium, 1945 tells the story of a tank destroyer gunner whose solo advance under fire helped break a German defensive line in the closing months of the Second World War. This episode follows Beyer’s life from rural Iowa to the snow-covered ridges of Belgium, tracing the ambush that pinned his armored column, the daring assault that silenced enemy guns and captured dozens of soldiers, and the broader impact on the winter campaign. Listeners hear a clear narrative of the action, context around the Battle of the Bulge, and a reflection on leadership, initiative, and responsibility. Beyond the Call is the Monday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the podcast is developed by Trackpads.com.

Arsenal: F-4 Phantom II in the Air War over Vietnam, 1965–1973

Arsenal: F-4 Phantom II in the Air War over Vietnam, 1965–1973 follows the big twin-engine fighter from Rolling Thunder to the Linebacker campaigns, tracing how Phantom crews fought over Hanoi, the Red River delta, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Listeners hear the jet in action under surface-to-air missile fire, the fleet-defense problem it was built to solve, how designers turned that concept into a multirole workhorse, and what it felt like to fly and fight in its smoke trails. The episode also weighs its strengths and weaknesses, variants, and lasting legacy. Arsenal is the Friday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the podcast is developed by Trackpads.com.