On June 6, 1944, as over 150,000 Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion in history, a vastly different drama was unfolding thousands of miles away in South Carolina. For civilians relaxing...
Following a complex three-day salvage operation, underwater specialists successfully raised a historic AMO-2 three-ton truck from a depth of four meters at the bottom of the Msta River. The vehicle, a vital “workhorse”...
In a major historical recovery operation, military personnel from the Russian Ministry of Defense successfully brought rare World War II-era heavy equipment to the surface from the bottom of the Don River in the Voronezh Region. O...
During the high-speed, dynamic battles of World War II, military commanders quickly discovered a major flaw in traditional artillery: towed field guns simply could not keep pace with fast-moving armored columns over rough terrain....
Pitkäranta (Karelian: Pitkyrandu), a scenic district town in the Republic of Karelia, holds a captivating piece of military history. At the intersection of Pushkin, Gogol, and Gorky streets stands a T-26 light command tank—the cen...
When people think of WWII German armor, iconic heavyweights like the Tiger or Panther usually come to mind. Yet, the real workhorse of the German armored forces from 1940 to mid-1943 was actually the Pz.Kpfw. III (Panzer III). Des...