On the morning of November 19, 1941, General John Scott Cockburn decided to launch his 22nd Armored Brigade into a frontal attack on the forces of the Italian 132nd Ariete Armored Division arrayed in ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: In 1943, Italian soldiers and civilians banded together to combat Fascists. On September 8, 1943 it was revealed to the Italian public that three generals had signed an ...

Italy’s armored forces in North Africa were not defeated because their crews lacked courage. They were defeated because their tanks were built with brittle steel, riveted armor that turned into ...

They're big, intimidating, destructive, and possibly one of the most important assets utilized in World War II. The impact that tanks had on the battlefield during the global conflict cannot be ...

I had pretty well lost all track of the date, but it must have been at the beginning of December 1941 that we were given our orders. The attack was on. Graziani had gone far enough. He had to be ...