STEVEN ZALOGA

The T-34-85 tank is one of those rare weapons that have remained in service for more than half a century. First introduced in 1944, it has seen combat in nearly every corner of the globe. Steven Zaloga and Jim Kinnear look at this long-serving tank at length. Although long obsolete in Europe, it has proven a reliable and potent weapon in many Th...

On 22 June 1944, three years to the day after Germany's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, the Red Army launched a massive offensive in Byelorussia. Codenamed 'Operation Bagration', this campaign climaxed five weeks later with the Red Army at the gates of Warsaw. The Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre was routed, a total of 17 Wehrmacht divisions wer...

La invasión alemana de Polonia, el 1 de septiembre de 1939, inició la Segunda guerra Mundial en Europa. En ella se enfrentó el recién modernizado ejército de la mayor potencia industrial europea con el ejército polaco, mucho más reducido, y se mostró al mundo una nueva forma de hacer la guerra: la Blitzkrieg (guerra relámpago). Las divisiones Pa...

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