Like so many of the Nazis’ weapon designs, the Gustav gun was fantastically expensive and completely impractical. Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime were the über-villains of the Second World War. But ...

Woods near Grafenwöhr, Germany, July 24, 1949: 1st Lt. Fred Iovanella stands atop the 800mm caliber barrel of a Nazi Germany railway gun. Although nicknamed “Big Bertha” by the American forces ...

War trains dominated combat for more than 100 years. Massive railborne artillery shelled the enemy while trains unloaded troops and supplies. For a brief moment, the terrifying machines were the most ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: There is still nothing like the railway for continental logistics. Even today in the age of heavy lifting aircraft, trains supply arms to Russian troops... Key Point: ...