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The simple weapon that crippled German tanks in World War II
The video tells the story of how the American bazooka transformed infantry warfare during World War II. It follows U.S.
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How German infantry learned to stop Allied tanks
As German armor lost its dominance, infantry units were forced to confront Allied tanks at close range. The answer was the Panzerschreck, a powerful rocket launcher inspired by the American bazooka.
At first glance, the Bren looked wrong. Top-mounted magazine. Awkward profile. Slower rate of fire than its German rivals.
On March 18, 1945, Army 1st Lt. Jack Lemaster Treadwell saw eight of his soldiers gunned down while assaulting a heavily fortified, seemingly impregnable section of the Siegfried Line near ...
Belleau Wood is where the Marine Corps became the legend we know of today. It's the battle that gave birth to the term "Devil ...
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 ...
During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to ...
Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...
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