As German armor lost its dominance, infantry units were forced to confront Allied tanks at close range. The answer was the Panzerschreck, a powerful rocket launcher inspired by the American bazooka.

In the decade after World War II, West Germany rebuilt its army with a revolutionary vision, creating the Panzergrenadiers—elite mechanized infantry equipped with the HS.30 infantry fighting vehicle.

At first glance, the Bren looked wrong. Top-mounted magazine. Awkward profile. Slower rate of fire than its German rivals.

Infantry dominance resulted from technology that gave foot soldiers the ability to neutralize cavalry, armor, aircraft and fortifications without support. Portable anti-tank weapons like the RPG and ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The Bendlerblock is an imposing neoclassical building near the center of Berlin—severe and symmetrical ...

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...

During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a 23-year-old German lieutenant heard a wounded American soldier crying for help in a minefield. Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld ordered his men not to ...

Music for calls and marches: p. 123-150. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!370416~!0#focus ...