The global conflict that defined the modern world. Explore the tanks, planes, and strategies of the Axis and Allies.
How a crude steel tube costing less than a pair of boots changed the relationship between infantry and armor forever — and directly inspired the RPG-7.
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Armed with Bismarck's 38cm guns but protected by cruiser armor, the O-class battlecruisers were designed to terrorize Atlantic convoys. They were never built — and that may have been the smartest decision the Kriegsmarine ever made.
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How the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to build three of the most innovative — and controversial — warships of the interwar era, and why their careers ended in disappointment.
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On November 27, 1942, the French Navy destroyed 77 of its own warships in a single morning — choosing self-destruction over joining the Allies or surrendering to Germany.
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She hunted the Graf Spee, crippled the Bismarck, and kept Malta alive. Then a single torpedo from U-81 sent the Royal Navy's most famous carrier to the bottom — just 30 miles from safety.
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They scored the world's first air-to-air rocket kills, armed the legendary Il-2 Sturmovik, and spawned the Katyusha. Most of their inventors were executed before seeing them used.
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A 55mm unguided rocket that cost less than a crate of cannon shells — and destroyed more bombers than Germany's fancy guided missiles ever did.
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Wire-guided, jam-proof, and hitting targets 40–50% of the time in testing. The X-4 was ready to change the air war — but the war ended first.
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It flew like a miniature aircraft, steered by radio from miles away. The Hs 293 sank Allied ships, killed over 1,100 Americans in a single strike — and invented the anti-ship missile.
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In 1943, a German bombardier steered a 1,500 kg bomb into an Italian battleship using a joystick and a radio link. The age of precision-guided weapons had begun.
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It led the blitzkrieg from Poland to North Africa to Russia — then quietly disappeared. The full story of the tank the Wehrmacht left behind.
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A detailed technical breakdown of every Panzer IV variant, from the early Ausf. A to the final Ausf. J and chassis conversions.
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While the Tiger and Panther dominate popular memory, the Panzer IV was the only German tank to remain in production throughout WWII.
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