For decades, Prokhorovka was immortalized as the largest and fiercest tank battle in history — 1,200 tanks clashing in a day of steel and fire. But newly opened archives reveal a very different story.

Beneath the Soviet victory narrative at Kursk lay staggering losses, hidden truths, and battles even larger than Prokhorovka.

In 1943, tanks of the Canadian Armoured Corps make their combat debut on the European mainland. This is the story of the Canadian tankers who fight their way up the Italian peninsula in the push to ...