In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed ...

At first, disarmament was imposed on Germany. American and Russian forces seized weapons depots, sealed off factories, and ...

Many believe that the Churchill tank, widely used by the United Kingdom during World War II, was named for then-prime minister Winston Churchill. It was not—but there is a connection.

The aggressive push to cut fossil fuels brought an unwelcome twist: dramatically higher electricity costs that are hobbling ...

The Sherman was never the most powerful tank on the battlefield, but it was the one that never stopped moving. With more than 50,000 built, it fought from North Africa to Normandy and across the ...

The Rolls-Royce Merlin started off on paper as the PV-12, as in Privately Developed, but was later called Merlin in the Rolls ...

Company of Heroes update 2.2, Scarlet Bison, makes major gameplay and map changes as the Endure and Defy DLC adds four new ...

Army historian Peter Knight joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about World War II. What is the timeline ...

NATO has for years deployed multinational forces in the Baltic states and Poland to deter Russian attacks on the eastern ...

Germany’s Leopard 2A8 tank is unlikely to live up to its promises—but its construction is at least a worthwhile investment in the country’s ailing defense industrial base.

While Tigers and Panthers stole the spotlight, it was the humble StuG III that carried the weight of Germany’s armored war.