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 ...

In the summer of 1943, the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet Red Army clashed in the Battle of Kursk—the largest tank battle in history. This decisive confrontation saw thousands of armored vehicles, ...

The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable. The Battle of ...