Here’s What You Need to Remember: Rommel demonstrated how superior leadership can sometimes overcome even material disadvantage. All other things being equal, leadership will trump opponents who might ...

In the early desert war, Britain’s Matilda II seemed almost untouchable, with armor thick enough to shrug off many Axis ...

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel devised a diabolical array of defenses to protect the French coastline. Allied forces, however, developed their own innovative countermeasures, which ultimately won the day.

It began as a routine attack. Just after dawn, British Matilda and cruiser tanks rolled forward across the hard desert floor toward a low, stony ridge. The dust behind them rose in long brown plumes.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The British were likely aware that some ships of supplies had gotten through, but never imagined that their enemy could recover so quickly and launch an effective ...