Germany’s victory over the Western allies allowed them to captured large numbers of French and British tanks. Though the ...

D-Day amphibious Sherman tanks faced brutal conditions, and their real battlefield role has been misunderstood for decades.

The Tiger I’s thick armor and 88mm gun often required multiple Allied vehicles or air support to defeat. The T-34’s sloped armor and mobility shocked German forces when first encountered in 1941.

Stephen H. Smith was curious about the making of gudgeons in York in the World War II era. A tie to his mother gave him a specific interest in this part with a memorable name used in the axle and ...

Three US infantrymen in the snow during the Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes, Belgium, World War II, January 1945.Getty Images As Christmas approached in December 1944, many Americans believed World War ...

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The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British. The United States military’s M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT) first entered service ...

In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed through the Gazala line, captured Tobruk, and sent the British reeling back ...

On Dec. 19, 1944, during World War II’s Battle of the Bulge, Harry Miller and the 740th Tank Battalion rolled into Stoumont, Belgium, to stop the German advance. The battalion attacked with two ...

Known as Tankland, the American Military Museum in South El Monte is home to 180 military vehicles and outdoor exhibits dating back from 1933 to the present. The museum exhibits honor veterans and ...

If you've ever seen James Garner's movie "Tank" (unlikely; it's not great), you might have thought that it was just Hollywood straining credulity again. Surely, even a former U.S. Army command ...