In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed ...

The director of the bloodiest WW2 movie of the decade addresses the rumors that the series will become a trilogy, as Road to ...

NATO has for years deployed multinational forces in the Baltic states and Poland to deter Russian attacks on the eastern ...

Despite inventing the tank, Britain entered World War II with designs that struggled in real combat. Weak guns, unreliable ...

In a world determined to sideline her, Empress Matilda tested the medieval world's understanding of who could rule.

In the early days of North Africa, the Matilda II seemed unstoppable, shrugging off nearly every Axis gun. But at Hellfire Pass in 1941, Rommel’s Afrika Korps unveiled the fearsome 88mm gun—and the ...

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 ...

DUMFRIES, Va. — A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima, rekindling his memory of one of the fiercest ...

Forget the Sherman, forget the Panther, forget the T-34… Should Matilda II be considered the best tank of WWII? Emerging from the request for a new and improved infantry tank, Matilda II debuted on ...

Spectators watch Stuart tanks in action during a previous World War II Weekend in Berwick. The Stuart Tank Memorial Association will host the eighth annual World War II Weekend July 18-20 at Test ...

The North African desert campaign of World War II gave rise to the Desert Rats. Machines in this campaign were the Matilda II tank, Rolls Royce armored car, the Panzer III, 88mm anti-tank gun and the ...

There’s nothing easy about riding in a M36 Jackson tank destroyer. In a dirt field behind the American Heritage Museum in Hudson, the approximately 32-ton machine roars and exhales gas fumes. If ...