Military Vehicles

The Bismark was the greatest warship ever built, with guns so powerful and accurate it could destroy an enemy ship while safely staying outside the line of fire. But the Allies had to sink it...or risk losing the war. William Shirer, famed World War II correspondent and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, captures every suspenseful moment of the perilous mission.

Do you know which year most historians agree saw the very first tank partake in battle? Which country first used the combined might of tanks and air power? What percentage of Germany’s Afrika Korps tanks had been destroyed by the end of the campaign? And which tank was nicknamed Queen of the Desert? In this fascinating audiobook, Charles King talks us through more than 100 amazing facts about tanks, including chapters about their history, the Second World War, tank design and plenty more.

Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. Seven and a Half Tons of Steel tells the story of what the navy did with it.