Mechanised warfare, 1915-1945

In 2022 the War Heritage Institute largely refurbished its Bastogne Barracks scenography in order to present visitors with a unique and enriching experience. The exhibition halls house a large collection of Second World War vehicles and guns. This military paraphernalia, ranging from the small Willys Jeep to the imposing ISU-152, over the Scammell, the Pacific, the Panzer IV and several Sherman variants, offers an insight into military mechanisation in the 1930s and ’40s.
The WHI now completes this permanent set-up with a book highlighting thirty years of military vehicle developments in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, the U.S.S.R. and the United States. Readers can in that way discover the histories of both the vehicles on display and the belligerents who deployed them during the war. Detailed information about the specific technical features of each vehicle, as well as anecdotes about their operational usage pepper the pages of this book focusing on men, machines and war.