At Anzio in early 1944, German defenders discovered that reinforced concrete was no longer the guarantee it had once seemed. Positions that had endured conventional bombardment could be destroyed by a ...

At Anzio in early 1944, German defenders had good reason to trust their bunkers. The hills around the beachhead were covered with fortified observation posts, command positions, and reinforced ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For a real sense of just how light this thing is, one of the gun’s World War II-era ancestors, the 240mm M1 howitzer, weighed in at 64,700 pounds, and another ...