1.4 - The Tank Destroyers of El Guettar
The 601st Tank Destroyer Battalion, the first of its kind, was stood up in 1941. The theory governing their use had yet to be tested on the field of battle. In November of the following year, Lieutena...
14 Nov 201638min
1.3 - Seseña: The Interwar Proving Ground
Well before the threat of World War II entered societies' collective minds, smaller regional conflicts gradually simmered away across Europe. One of these, the Spanish Civil War, might not have drawn ...
17 Okt 201640min
1.2 - Patton at the Saint-Mihiel Salient
Near the end of 1917, a young captain by the name of George S. Patton received orders from the chief of the newly created U.S. Tank Corps, Colonel Samuel Rockenbach. His task was to launch the light t...
19 Sep 201639min
1.1 - High Wood (Prologue)
In Northern France on July 14th, 1916, a cavalry unit from Hyderabad made what most consider to be the final cavalry charge of World War I before the invention of tanks. The unit, Deccan Horse, repres...
6 Sep 201637min
