The story of America is one of the most fascinating in the history of nations. And as much as we would like that ascendency from colony to colossus to have been a peaceful one, the fact is that much of America’s narrative is one of waging war, and, at the right time and right moment, military engagements that built us, saved us, and propelled us forward. The US Armed Forces have been involved in countless fights over the past two-and-one-half centuries. But several of them rise to a level of such importance they stand apart and occupy a unique chapter in the story of us. What follows is, admittedly, a subjective list of what I consider to be the ten most important battles in American history. Every death on every American battlefield matters. But these are the engagements that I believe had the most lasting impact, often without the combatants even knowing it at the time….without which, our history, and thus that of the entire world for the past two centuries, would have been very different indeed.
10) INCHON LANDING: September 15, 1950
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