In 81 days following D-Day Lafayette 'War-Daddy' pool and his Tank crew are blown out of three Sherman tanks leading spearheads across France. But in return they kill twelve Nazi tanks, 258 armored vehicle and over one thousand enemy soldiers.
On a tip from an SS officer a small contingent of American tankers and French resistance fighters joined forces with the Officer's unit on a perilous mission to rescue captive French leaders held at Castle Itter in Austria.
Durring the Allied advance in 1945 Audie Murphy's unit came under fire from a contingent of German tanks and infantry. His one armored vehicle, an M 10 tank destroyer was quickly destroyed. The story of Murphy's subsequent route of the German force is legendary.
Here is the story of the final voyage of the German battleship Bismark. Tasked with attacking cargo shipments to the United Kingdom, it was spotted spotted. Despite sinking the Hood and damaging the Prince of Wales, it too was seriously damaged leaving it easy prey to hunt down and kill.