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When the British first fielded
In 1494, the high castle walls that had dominated the Middle Ages came tumbling down in clouds of gunpowder smoke. It was the start of a new age
With the ultimate weapon in his grasp, would Hitler have held Europe to ransom or reduced it to rubble?
SINCE THE END OF WWII, THE ROLE OF RAF BOMBER COMMAND HAS REMAINED HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL. MARCUS GIBSON ARGUES THAT INSTEAD OF A MURKY LEGACY, ITS FLIGHT CREWS DESERVE THANKS FOR STOPPING NAZI GERMANY
The German war on Allied convoys
In 1941, General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel needed heavy artillery to support his advancing armoured divisions in North Africa. Horse-drawn artillery was impractical in the heat of the desert, the
At the end of 1944, the German armed forces mainly used two types of rifle cartridges (apart from those fired by numerous captured weapons) – 7.92 x 57 mm with an sS (heavy spitzer) bullet for rifles