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1943, a secluded workshop on the Wilton Park estate in Buckinghamshire. A man the British military officially described as eccentric stood before a table covered…

smell each other’s underwear. Four words in Japanese from an American guard. Okinawa, June 1945. A makeshift P camp carved from mud and canvas. 30…

  The crackling radio inside a canvas tent on Saipan delivers Emperor Hirohito’s surrender speech. A voice most Japanese had never heard. Now telling them…

1943 to 44, a Philadelphia workshop. Engineers from the RF Sedgley Company examined prototypes of their latest creation for the United States Navy. It looks…

June 1940. Britain stands alone. The army has just escaped Dunkirk, but they left everything behind. Tanks, artillery, machine guns, and critically anti-tank weapons. According…

August 1940. As invasion panic gripped Britain, a demonstration was arranged for Winston Churchill. The weapon on display looked like a medieval siege engine crossed…

1942, the Libyan desert. A British reconnaissance patrol spots German armor moving across the sand. In any other armored car, the crew’s only option would…

June 1932, Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield. British Ordinance officers unveiled their new standard sidearm to replace the legendary455 Webly revolver. The reaction was immediate….

In late August 1942, Shmere Pancer of Tailong 5002 deployed the Tiger 1 tank to defensive positions south of Lennengrad, introducing 100 mm rolled homogeneous…