Pillbox-mounted panther tank turrets

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

Five minutes before the Wehrmacht crossed the eastern borders of the neutral Benelux states on the morning of 10 May 1940 to signal the start of the Blitzkrieg in the West, German Fallschirmjäger (par

On 22 September 1993, French diver Henri Delauze reported to the Marine Nationale that he had discovered two wrecks in the Hyères/Toulon area at a depth of about 80 m. One was Torpilleur (Torpedo Boat

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

This versatile fighter plane was vital to the Allies during WWII

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