The Battle of Kursk was a catastrophic defeat for Germany; the Wehrmacht suffered around 200,000 casualties and lost nearly 700 tanks and 1,000 aircraft. These losses were irreplaceable.

Cities burned. Divisions vanished. And yet the Soviets pressed forward. As Red Army spearheads punched through German defenses, the battle for Poland turned west. In this pivotal phase, ...

In the dying days of the Reich, 350 French SS soldiers of the Charlemagne Division held their ground in Berlin’s burning ...

Vladimir Putin has sent shockwaves through Europe by staging a full-blown Soviet-style military invasion… just metres from NATO’s front door. Russian forces rolled tanks and artillery into Moldova’s ...

In this month's Wiki Wormhole, we dive into the mystery of the missing Amber Room, which may or may not have been destroyed in World War II.

Eighty years after the end of World War II, holes from artillery fire are still visible on the facade of a house in the city center of Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 2, 2025.

FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the ...

In the final Soviet drive in Berlin in April 1945, the Red Army massed nearly 10,000 howitzers, mortars and multiple rocket launchers that may have fired more than a million shells on the first day.

Russia has fielded a menagerie of Soviet-era and post-Soviet artillery in Ukraine. Howitzers include the new 2S19 Msta-SM2 self-propelled 152-mm howitzer (with a range of up to 25 miles), as well as ...

In the final Soviet drive in Berlin in April 1945, the Red Army massed nearly 10,000 howitzers, mortars and multiple rocket launchers that may have fired more than a million shells on the first day.