Yet the Nazi regime pressed ahead with developing and propagandizing all manners of so-called “miracle weapons.” Almost until Germany’s capitulation, a belief that secret wonder weapons would emerge ...

In 1941, the German war effort was looking for a new type of tank to combat the rise of soviet armor. A tank that would be ...

The Maus’ specifications are still somewhat hard to believe. The front glacis — the sloped section beneath the turret — was a remarkable 200 millimeters thick. By the time the super-heavy Maus tank ...