In 1943, Imperial Japan purchased a German Tiger I tank — hoping to match America’s Sherman in the Pacific. But as the war turned, the tank never arrived. Reclaimed by the SS and lost in France, the ...

In April 1945, as American forces pushed deep into central Germany, a handful of newly built King Tiger tanks made a final stand in the ruins of Kassel. Crewed by inexperienced teenagers and cut off ...

German director Dennis Gansel remembers an incident that would ultimately inspire his war film The Tank (original German ...