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18 km/h (11 mph) (average road speed) [ 1] Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus (English: 'mouse') is a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in July of 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armored fighting vehicle ever built. Five were ordered, but only two hulls and one turret were completed, the turret being attached before the testing ...
The Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (English: Land Cruiser P. 1000 "Rat") was a design for a 1000-ton tank to be used by Germany during World War II which may have been proposed by Krupp director Edward Grote in June 1942, who had already named it " Landkreuzer " ("Land cruiser"). Submitted designs and drawings of the vehicle went under the names ...
Maus, [ a] often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991. It depicts Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. The work employs postmodern techniques, and represents Jews as mice and other Germans and Poles ...
150 km (93 mi) Maximum speed. 15 km/h (9.3 mph) Painting of Char 2C Alsace. The Char 2C, also known as the FCM 2C, was a French post WWI heavy tank landship, later considered a super-heavy tank. [ 1][page needed] It was developed during World War I but not deployed until after the war. It was, in total volume or physical dimensions, the largest ...
When the Civil War was nearing a close and with the prospect of those war-time profits ending, Clark & Rockefeller looked toward the refining of crude oil. [45] While his brother Frank fought in the Civil War, Rockefeller tended his business and hired substitute soldiers. He gave money to the Union cause, as did many rich Northerners who ...
The History Channel: Civil War - Great Battles: January 13, 2003: Cat Daddy Games [citation needed] AH-64 Apache Air Assault: February 2003: InterActive Vision Gods and Generals: March 1, 2003: AniVision [citation needed] Cabela's 4x4 Off-Road Adventure III: March 25, 2003: Fun Labs: Atlantis Underwater Tycoon: April 15, 2003: Anarchy ...
Kfz.182) / VK4503(H) was a heavy tank in the later half of World War II. Armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun, the vehicle could perform well in the defensive role on the eastern and western fronts but was an expensive failure for Nazi Germany when used in an offensive role as a main battle tank .
The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1941, it was published posthumously under this title, as prepared by his friend Edmund Wilson, a critic and writer. According to Publishers Weekly, the novel is "generally considered a roman à clef ", with its lead character, Monroe Stahr, modeled after film producer Irving ...