In the summer of 1940, it became clear that Great Britain was in trouble. Adolf Hitler’s Nazi army was running wild in Europe and its navy was stifling the flow of food and material to the British ...

As enemy armor became tougher, conventional anti-tank guns proved too static to match the pace of battle. The proposed solution was speed—self-propelled tank destroyers that could move with the front ...

Many acts of heroism occurred during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, including a remarkable fight by the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts, shown here a week or two before she was lost in the battle. (U.S.