Super heavy tank gunsight

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

Two of Germany’s finest manufacturers were tasked with designing concepts for the ultimate armoured beast

Essentially heavy cruisers that were constructed in accordance with the restrictions imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, the Deutschland-class vessels boasted six 28 cm (11-in.) guns in tw

When Buckingham Palace was hit by bombs on 15 September 1940, it brought the war to the very front door of King George VI and his wife Elizabeth, the Queen consort. Just over two weeks later, the war

In 1942, the German war machine was at the height of its power. France, the ‘hereditary enemy’, was defeated and occupied. In the Soviet Union, Army Group South was marching inexorably toward the Cauc

By May 1943, the Afrika Korps was rapidly losing its grip on the Mediterranean coast as Allied troops advanced from both the east and west, forcing the Germans into an ever-shrinking area in northern