It wasn’t the biggest, the fastest, or the most armored—but the M4 Sherman was everywhere. Rolling across the battlefields of North Africa, thundering through the hedgerows of Normandy, and charging into the heart of Germany, the Sherman became the steel fist of the Allied advance in World War II. #ww2 #military | The War Rooms

Stunning footage gives extraordinary insight to frontline combat, the lives of ordinary soldiers, and their terror in the face of brutal, and mechanized warfare in WWII. The brand-new series WWII Battles in Color premieres tonight at 8 PM. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation