Often failures can be attributed to a few determining factors. Not every good idea that leaves the drawing board is going to be practical on the battlefield. You can even see this with the earliest ...

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Historically, we often view the Second World War as a time of great strife, as it remains humanity’s deadliest war to date. However, beneath the bloodshed, there is no denying the great amount of ...

The weapons that defined World War II essentially dictated the flow of warfare over the next century. While the Second World War was fought with technologies we’d deem antiquated today, it was a ...

World War II accelerated the shift from bolt-action rifles to semi-automatic and automatic weapons that redefined infantry tactics. Mass production innovations like metal stamping enabled nations to ...