It was the end of the line for the Allies. By May 20, 1940, German Panzer divisions had thundered into Abbeville at the mouth of the Somme River, slicing through Allied lines and corralling the troops ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The tank-destroyer force was the Army’s response to the wild successes of German armor in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940. Panzer divisions would ...

The once impenetrable German Atlantic Wall lay shattered by the Allied forces storming the beaches of Normandy. As tens of ...

But Panzer Divisions and Luftwaffe units rapidly massed to reverse the tide, resulting in a devastating Polish defeat. Germany’s victory over Poland was over-determined by numerous factors.

What armored force leaders realized over time, however, was that they didn't need to go head-to-head with the German Panzer divisions, playing to Adolph Hitler's strength.

Its primary duty was to provide artillery support for the speedy forward-advancing Panzer divisions. It also used the steering system from a Panzer III (thus the III/IV in the elongated name).

Raus was one of the Wehrmacht's most accomplished generals, and his memoirs are a welcome addition to the literature on World War II. Raus entered Russia in June 1941 as a brigade commander in Germany ...

FARGO — In the early years of World War II, the most feared German battalions were those that had Panzer (tank) divisions. During the latter 1930s and 1940, the Germans employed what was called ...

One of the most storied units of World War II never received a presidential citation, the highest honor a unit can get. Its few surviving veterans have been petitioning the Army for the honor.