In WW2, German pilots considered the Focke-Wulf FW 190 fighter aircraft better than its American equivalent- the P-51D Mustang.

The Sherman medium tank was not designed to take on heavy enemy tanks such as the German Tiger. However, it was intended to be reliable, maintenance-friendly, versatile, speedy and manoeuvrable. It was very good at what it was designed to do.

When the UN voted for the formation of the state of Israel, the Arab world objected; this book excerpt examines how Israel defended itself from Arab nations and was able to establish the state of Israel.

Soon after the WW2 American European Theatre entry , Gen Patton improved the confidence of his soldiers enabling defeat of the Germans but subordinates worried “We knew he was there to win even if he had us killed doing it.”

In the WW2 Solomon Islands Guadalcanal Campaign, US Marines used a hybrid form of defence that utilised offensive tactical forays that wore down their competent and determined Japanese foes leading to their defeat.

The WW2 German V2 rocket was one of the wonder weapons meant to save Germany—it had little strategic effect and did not affect the outcome of WW2.

German generals writing after WW2 blamed Hitler for their incompetence leading Western and Russian historians to perpetuate this myth.

John Keegan's 1976 book The Face of Battle examines what it must have been like to be an ordinary soldier at three famous battles, Agincourt, Waterloo and the WW1 Battle of the Somme.

The WW1 German victory over The Soviet Union (Russian) in the Battle of Tannenberg weakened Russia leading to Russia's eventual defeat in 1918.

Putin claimed that the Soviet Union's collapse was the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century "—implying that Ukraine and Russia are one country and should not be separated.