At about 1230 on the 8th August 1944 near St Aignan in Normandy Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann the top German tank ace and Coy Comd in an SS Heavy Tank Coy Tiger was killed when his tank was ...

As a German war hero, he was in a deadly class of his own - having destroyed nearly 300 enemy tanks and guns. So astonishing were Michael Wittmann's exploits that Hitler went to his wedding and he was ...

New evidence has emerged which allegedly shows Joe Ekins, 86, fired the fatal blast which ended the reign of terror of Nazi Germany's most feared tank gunner Michael ...

Joe Ekins, who has died aged 88, ambushed and knocked out four German tanks, including three Tigers, in a day and was said to have fired the shot that killed a German panzer ace. 29 February 2012 • ...