Throughout World War 2 the one tank above all else that would strike fear into the heart of Allied soldiers was the Tiger ...

Exercise Tiger took place in April 1944 in preparation for the D-Day landings of Allied forces in Normandy. But during that rehearsal a German fleet attacked and about 749 US servicemen died. We hear ...

The Königstiger first saw combat on 18 July 1944 in the Battle of Normandy, proving to be a very difficult tank to beat by ...

German troops that remained in Normandy fled, or were captured by Allied forces. Franz Gockel, a German soldier, was a prisoner of war for a further 18 months. When asked about his relationship ...

during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the German army ...

First published in 2010, for this new edition Swedish military historian Zetterling, author of several works on Germany and the Second World War, has revised and expanded his essential guide to German ...

He discusses the realism of the weapons and strategies used by the American and German troops, including the ... to real-life events of the battle of Normandy, such as the battles in Neuville ...

German troops in the Netherlands and northwest Germany ... the Allies landed at Normandy. Soon after, Rommel was seriously wounded when Allied aircraft strafed his motorcar. As a result, he ...

British, American and Canadian troops planned to land on beaches in Normandy with the aim of liberating France from German occupation. To try and deceive Germany, hundreds of fake wooden planes ...