The road to the Hawker Tempest was a long and appropriately tempestuous one, but the result was probably the best British ...

During the summer of 1944, Germany urgently needed a solution to fight off the constant Allied bombing wrecking its cities, at least a temporary one. With insufficient fighter power available to ...

In August 1944, the remnants of Germany’s forces fled east toward the Seine, their defeat in Normandy complete. In the French ...

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying ...

France is not the only country to have experienced a 'heist of the century,' nor the only one to question the protection of artworks on public display.

With fire streaming from his engine and the right wing half enveloped in flames, Lindsey led the formation to drop their ...

Ordinary Belgians helped liberate their country from the Germans in both world wars. Now their extraordinary courage has been revealed in a new account ...

The belongings of a Second World War soldier from Glace Bay are being returned today to his great-grand niece who is in Italy ...

Some of the images had similar characteristics to those seen in Nazi propaganda, but others were inspired by historic U.S.

When Henrik Lenkeit looked up Hitler’s right-hand man while idly watching a WW2 documentary, he was shocked to see a familiar ...

The Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame has been recognizing the state’s aviation heroes since the centennial of aviation in ...

One of the best World War 2 action films ever made is on TV this weekend and it's based on an incredible true story.