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Thunder in the East: Armoured warfare in South-East Asia and the Pacific, 1937-1945

From Burma to Iwo Jima, armoured fighting vehicles played a key role in some of World War II’s most challenging environments. Our military technology expert David Porter takes notes.

Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park

Everyone has a story to tell. So do warships. The saga of the USS The Sullivans, which was launched in April 1943, is still making headlines today. The Fletcher-class destroyer is one of three decommissioned World War II- era naval…

Museum plans lodged for WWII landing craft dug up by volunteers

The volunteers who excavated a World War II landing craft in Lincolnshire three years ago have now applied for it to be given a permanent home. The Buffalo LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) was dug up in Crowland, north-east of Peterborough,…

ABOVE The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. With around 300 vehicles from 26 countries in its collection, it is one of the largest museums of its kind in the world.

University partners with Tank Museum to preserve historic vehicles

Many of the tanks on display and in storage are examples of British engineering heritage.

ABOVE The Buffalo LVT during its excavation earlier this spring. Locating it was the result of a three year project by a local farmer.

Buffalo LVT excavated in Lincolnshire

Lightly armoured amphibious landing craft, Buffalo LVTs (Landing Vehicles Tracked), were used by the Allies in the crossing of the Rhine and Elbe rivers in March 1945.

Above A prototype of the Tortoise, which proved in testing to be a ‘dead end’.

A39 Tortoise Heavy Assault Tank

The Tortoise was to be a well-armoured assault vehicle that could break through heavily defended areas. But Its sheer bulk and weight meant that rail transportation was impossible, and it far exceeded the capacity of any landing craft or standard Bailey bridges.