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Forgotten Tank Wars of WW2 KV Heavyweights, Desert Rats and Coriano Ridge

In the chaos of World War Two, a lone silhouette blocks a dusty road, a massive tank sitting broadside across the route as German columns grind to a halt. Around it, the story stretches from the Eastern Front to British armoured warfare in North Africa and the Italian campaign between 1941 and 1944, as different designs of steel beasts clash in mud, snow and desert heat. Only later do we learn what this heavy machine is, and why its armour and gun briefly shook German confidence. Behind this moment lies a much larger problem. British and Commonwealth forces are trying to hold distant fronts, from the desert around Sidi Rezegh to the ridges of the Gothic Line, while German and Soviet formations fight their own brutal armoured duels. Commanders wrestle with doctrine, logistics and terrain, discovering in real time that numbers alone are not enough. These lesser known tank battles of World War Two reveal how operations like Operation Crusader and the struggle for Coriano Ridge exposed the limits of existing tactics and equipment, a reality often missed by those who only search for “famous British tank battles in World War Two”. At the heart of each engagement is engineering in action: heavily armoured Soviet heavies that shrug off early anti-tank fire, fast British Crusaders whose speed hides thin armour and fragile mechanics, and Allied Shermans forced to attack uphill against dug-in guns. German 88s, flexible panzer tactics and carefully chosen defensive ground show how design, doctrine and terrain interact under fire. Some of these solutions worked, others failed at terrible cost, but together they reshaped how armies thought about armoured warfare. Subscribe for more deep dives into British military history.