By the end of 2024, all of that money was spent. Still, for quite a while it felt as if little was happening, due to a mix of bureaucratic inertia, a defense minister who wasn’t up to the job, some ...

Few weapons of World War II inspire as much admiration and controversy as Germany’s armored vehicles, machines often praised ...

Though spared from actual warfare, the tank’s role in deterrence and crisis response was crucial, influencing global military dynamics and leaving an indelible mark on armored history. During the Cold ...

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...

When it comes to NATO’s armored power, it isn’t Germany, France, or the United Kingdom that are leading the charge Eastern members like Poland and Turkey field some of the largest tank fleets in the ...

The First World War introduced the horrors of trench warfare. Thousands of artillery pieces launched millions of shells over frontlines brimming with infantrymen struggling in the mud for mere feet of ...

In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and bloodiest engagement the ...

Welcome to a bonus edition of the War Room. On top of your regular dispatches from Shashank, I’ll be writing an edition, every month, all about military history. I have been a correspondent for The ...

Germany is rearming. Or, more accurately, Germany is re-equipping its hollowed-out armed forces to strengthen European deterrence and defensive capabilities. This process began just three days after ...