
February 26th, 1991, the Iraqi Desert near the 73 Easting grid line. At exactly 1618 hours, an Iraqi T72 crew from the elite Tawakalna Republican…

October 9th, 1973. Seven tanks. That’s all that stood between a Syrian armored division and the sleeping families of northern Israel. Seven Centurion tanks. Seven…

October 1973, on the volcanic plateau of the Golan Heights, Syrian tank crews faced something no amount of training could prepare them for. Within 4…

June 1967, Egyptian tank commanders watched through their optics as a column of antiquated tanks approached across the Sinai desert. World War II relics, Shermans,…

June 6th, 1944. Sword Beach, Normandy. The tide is rising a foot every 10 minutes. Tanks, trucks, and halftracks are drowning where they stalled. Each…

April 1945, Lady Gulf, Philippines. HMS Indehatagable sits at anchor, her island superructure torn open. A kamicazi carrying a 550lb bomb struck her flight deck…

July 31st, 1944. The Western approaches 60 mi southwest of the Silly Isles. HMS L Kllin, a frigot displacing 1,435 tons, is hunting a submarine.…

July 31st, 1944. The Western approaches 60 mi southwest of the Silly Isles. HMS L Kllin, a frigot displacing 1,435 tons, is hunting a submarine.…

December 31, 1942. The Barren Sea 70° north latitude. Temperatures below minus30° C. Sea spray freezing on steel before it can drip. And closing on…

During the fighting in Sicily in the summer of 1943, German forces captured American radio equipment that would force them to confront an uncomfortable truth.…





