By the end of World War II, the battlefields were littered with debris, the most obvious being knocked-out tanks and other armored vehicles. Whether on a memorial plinth or left in situ on the battlefield, each survivor has a story to tell, from the T-34 pulled out of an Estonian bog to a submerged Sherman, only its turret above the water. Illustrated with color photographs throughout, this fascinating book looks in detail at a number of these vehicles—Tigers, Panthers, Cromwells, Churchills, Somuas—telling their stories, why they have survived, and why they were placed where they sit today. Appendices provide maps and a gazetteer showing the locations of the tanks, along with suggested itineraries for those retracing the path of the war through Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific.