The Mediterranean Sea became an important theater during World War II. With Axis operations in North Africa, taking control of the Mediterranean was vital for Allied oper...
The war in Europe had become a catastrophic failure for Germany following the Allied assault into France. With the Soviets encroaching in the East and the Allies marching...
German forces descended on the Soviet city of Stalingrad on 24 August 1942. In their sweep across the Eurasian Steppe, the Axis forces overwhelmed and crushed the Soviet...
The tank made its combat debut in the trenches of the Western Front of World War I, but really came into its own during World War II. When the German army stormed across...
The A6M Zero banked hard left trying to escape the wrath of the American pilot. In a bright flash, the fuel tank of the Japanese plane exploded as a burst of .50 caliber...
In the waning hours of World War II, the United States Army introduced the M26 Pershing tank to the battlefield. The Pershing was the US Army’s effort to provide a heavy...
The attack on Pearl Harbor was the pinnacle point in transition for naval warfare around the globe. For centuries the concept of a heavily armed warship, unleashing torre...
In 1890, a book was published that would forever change the way naval strategy was orchestrated. The author, Alfred Thayer Mahan, was a United States Naval officer and th...
North Africa was a pivotal battleground in the early years of World War II. While British forces had been pushed out of mainland Europe following the German conquest of F...
The German war machine smashed against the green American lines. Conditioned by years of fighting, the German military outclassed the American’s, and the Battle of Kasser...