This Week in History February 10th, 2026 – February 16th, 2026
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This Week in History February 10th, 2026 – February 16th, 2026
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This Week in U.S. Military History: February 10th, 2026–February 16th, 2026 follows a single winter week on the calendar from Tripoli Harbor to Havana, Dresden, Corregidor, and the halls of Congress. Listeners move from Stephen Decatur’s night raid to destroy the captured frigate Philadelphia and the bitter Civil War struggle for Fort Donelson to the sudden loss of USS Maine in Havana Harbor and the charged road to the Spanish-American War. Along the way, Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on the frontier frames what it means for a civilian president to learn the hard trade of command.
The story then shifts into the global crises of the twentieth century, with the Yalta conference shaping Allied victory and the postwar map, bombers turning Dresden into a symbol of strategic bombing’s terrible power, and paratroopers and amphibious forces fighting to recapture Corregidor in Manila Bay. The week closes with the Twenty-fifth Amendment, where quiet constitutional language secures continuity of command in the nuclear age. Together, the narrative shows how a single run of February dates can hold daring raids, fiery debates, heavy losses, and careful safeguards for those who carry the burden of national defense.