Not every deadly tank commander was defined by kill counts. Hans Christian von Christensson’s importance lay in leadership rather than legend. Rising from regimental service to command the once-famed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kurth / Wikimedia Commons (Kurth / Wikimedia Commons) The Panzer tank family was at the heart of German operations throughout ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This video is not monetized. The Second World War produced many tales of heroic soldiers, sailors, pilots and their victories. The tank aces of the war are a bit lesser-known but no less interesting ...

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 ...