In every major battle of World War II, one machine worked in silence while others took the glory. It didn’t[...] ...

A newly discovered military memoir has claimed that British Army artillery crews were commandeered by Michael Collins at the start of the Irish Civil War. The claim contradicts official accounts that ...

The Matilda II, or just Matilda as it was later called, was what the British called an infantry tank. As opposed to bigger cruiser-style tanks with heavier guns, infantry tanks were meant to accompany ...

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