The tradition of naming tanks for American generals began not with the Americans themselves, but with the British.
In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed through the Gazala line, captured Tobruk, and sent the British reeling back ...
Many believe that the Churchill tank, widely used by the United Kingdom during World War II, was named for then-prime minister Winston Churchill. It was not—but there is a connection.
Petards, a Surrey-based developer of security, communication and surveillance systems, has been awarded a £2.2m defence contract through its subsidiary Petards Joyce-Loebl.
North America’s largest collection of operational historical military vehicles just got a whole lot bigger with a donation of ...