June 13, 1944. A British armored column is crossing the quiet French town of Villers-Bocage, unaware of the storm about to erupt. Waffen SS Panzer Commander Michael Wittmann awaits in his Tiger tank, ...

In 1938 and 1939, it became increasingly apparent to both the British military and to the world that a major European war was imminent. As a stop-gap measure, the Covenanter tank was built in large ...

The First World War introduced the horrors of trench warfare. Thousands of artillery pieces launched millions of shells over frontlines brimming with infantrymen struggling in the mud for mere feet of ...

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Throughout much of World War II, British tank crews went into battle burdened by vehicles that were often unreliable, undergunned, or mechanically fragile. Many designs were rushed into service to ...