Key point: Tank-destroyers also taught the Army not to over-specialize. There was no need for multiple classes of tanks that were strong in one respect and weak in another. During the 1940s, the U.S.

Raus was one of the Wehrmacht's most accomplished generals, and his memoirs are a welcome addition to the literature on World War II. Raus entered Russia in June 1941 as a brigade commander in Germany ...

Far from the main roads, the remains of an SS Panzer Division come to light: abandoned gear, scattered ammunition and ...

The Allied invasion of Europe in June of 1944 saw troops embark on a campaign aimed at the very heart of Germany. The dense hedgerows of Normandy took longer to fight through than expected. Still, by ...

JIMMY Graham, who has died aged 98, was an RAF veteran who saw distinguished service in Bomber Command during the Second World War. He flew on 36 hazardous missions as a tail gunner with 576 Squadron ...

CAMP HOHNE, LOHHEIDE, Germany -- The Royal Netherlands Army's 43rd Mechanized Brigade with the 1st Panzer Division of the German Army came together during a formal ceremony, March 17, to mark the ...

One of the perennial debates among military historians and armchair generals revolves around Adolf Hitler's decision to directly control the disposition of the Panzer units in northern France in the ...