Though he was trained only as a cook, Ivan Pavlovich Sereda successfully blinded a Nazi tank and disabled its weapons before tricking the crew into surrendering. The date was July 2, 1941. Operation ...

The Second World War relic was uncovered during work at Kazan National Research Technological University (KNITU), in the west of the vast country.

World War II produced some of the most famous armored vehicles in military history. Tanks became a central part of how armies fought, and certain designs quickly gained reputations among soldiers who ...

The M4 Sherman was the backbone of Allied armored forces in World War II. It devastated German armor and infantry across North Africa and Europe, leaving an indelible mark on tank design and military ...

Josef Mencik, "the Last Knight" and early resister to Nazi aggression. Chivalry wasn't dead in 1938 when Nazi tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia. It lived on in at least one man: Josef Menčík, also ...