Launched in July 1944, Operation Goodwood was designed to break German defenses east of Caen using overwhelming armored force. Thousands of tanks and bombers were committed in what became the largest ...

The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield.

The popular picture of World War II usually centers around beaches, battles, and bombs. Normandy. Pearl Harbor. The ...

In 1776, the United States of America as we know it declared independence. And from the 18th century to today, the country ...

Anyone who reads Task & Purpose knows: we adore a good tank name. Sure, we love our friends and families, but not as much as tanks with names like Dropped as a Baby, ASVAB Waiver, and Come And Take It ...

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 ...

This photo from the Allen County Historical Society shows the Lima Tank Farm in 1949. The farm, which sat on 100 acres near the intersection of State Route 65 and Breese Road in Perry Township, was ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave two Nazi-style salutes the day President Donald Trump was inaugurated back in January, giving the public explicit confirmation of what everyone knew already. The billionaire ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A new initiative honoring World War II British servicemen buried in the U.S. is kicking off in Virginia Beach. The Military Aviation Museum and its volunteers have joined the ...

Just one week after D-Day, the British 22nd Armored Brigade was making good progress through the French countryside, liberating the country and pushing the German invaders back. Then, in a classic ...

Students of military history know the battle of Kursk in 1943 as the largest-ever clash of armoured forces – a battle that would prove a vital turning point in the defeat of Nazi Germany. It was a ...

The Ukrainian air assault force’s rare British-made Challenger 2 tanks have joined Ukraine’s military operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It’s the latest sign that the Ukrainian operation in the ...