During the Battle of Arras in May 1940, British Matilda tanks slammed into Erwin Rommel’s exposed flank and threatened to wreck the German advance in France. Standard German anti-tank weapons ...
In the early desert war, Britain’s Matilda II seemed almost untouchable, with armor thick enough to shrug off many Axis anti-tank guns. That confidence collapsed at Hellfire Pass in 1941, when ...