American tanks in World War II were generally inferior to their German counterparts. German tanks boasted better armor protection and more firepower. But armor and lethality don’t tell the whole ...

The sky. Following World War II, US junkyards and surplus stores were filled with an abundance of leftover warplane parts, which included plenty of drop tanks, or belly tanks. Belly tanks were ...

The Second World War was such a uniquely ... under three years later - half the war in other words. So I was happy to settle on the choice of the 5th Royal Tank Regiment, or 5 RTR, another element ...

Early on the misty winter morning of Dec. 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German troops and nearly 1,000 tanks ... four American Veterans who fought and lived through World War II and the Battle ...

Historian John McManus rates the accuracy of World War ... tank battles in "Battle of the Bulge," starring Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson. Finally, he talks about the many terrain challenges ...