Italy entered a modern industrial war with tanks that turned hits into shrapnel storms, armored units that couldn’t talk to ...

World War II produced some of the most famous armored vehicles in military history. Tanks became a central part of how armies fought, and certain designs quickly gained reputations among soldiers who ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his own highest-ranked ...

This special episode examines the Soviet T-26 light tank, derived from the British Vickers 6-Ton, and its role in early mechanized warfare from the Winter War in Finland to the fighting in China. It ...

On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

Once celebrated for its fiery spirits, the town of Maotai has reeled from a bad Chinese economy, changing tastes and a ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

Thomas McGuire Jr. was chasing Dick Bong's record when his life was cut short several months before war's end.

For 250 years, Americans have learned to tighten their belts and teach their children why. During the Second World War, it ...

PC gamers on Steam can play a popular WW2 game for free for a limited time, giving them a chance experience its massive ...

S. Forry Laucks of York Safe & Lock gets the credit for spawning the York Plan in World War II, but it was up to William S. Shipley to organize the plan into a model used across America with the motto ...

From the Me 262 to late-war Spitfires and Mustangs, this list ranks WWII’s quickest combat-ready aircraft by top speed and ...