Prokhorovka and the fight for hill 2 5 2 . 2

During the early days Operation Barbarossa, Army Group Centre’s rapid advance surrounded hundreds of thousands of Red Army soldiers in the Białystok-Minsk area. What ensued was a catastrophic defeat for the Soviet defenders

On a muggy night in late August 1940, Hinnerk Waller’s fraying tether had finally snapped. Relentlessly deployed in the Battle of Britain as part of the Luftwaffe fighter wing JG 52, Waller was paying

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

CHEMIN DES DAMES, FRANCE 16 APRIL – 9 MAY 1917

LECHAIO, GREECE JULY 391 BCE

The Tiger II was the largest tank used by Nazi Germany in WWII, but the behemoth was problem-prone and never had the impact on the battlefield its creators had sought