Two of my paternal Cavan aunts worked as nurses in London during 2. Auntie Maggie vividly remembered the Blitz and dealing with ...

A new two-part Channel 4 documentary reveals the extent of Claude Cahun's bravery resisting the Nazis in the occupied Channel Islands during the Second World War ...

They even found out what time the Luftwaffe commandant was due to step to the podium at the Air Ministry Building—exactly 1100. Royal Air Force leaders had dispatched orders to a pair of ...

Nazi engineers developed some of the most ambitious and unconventional aircraft concepts of World War II. This countdown covers 11 incredible designs—from flying saucers and tail-sitters to coal ...

Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot ...

Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels' propaganda Luftwaffe (not to be confused with fat Hermann Göring's bleached-out command) was doing radio and paper prodigies. On Jan. 22, the German propaganda ...

The backbone of the Luftwaffe's air superiority rested with the Messerschmitt Bf 109, a single-engine fighter plane that saw combat from the start of the war in 1936 until the bitter end in 1945 ...

The Luftwaffe is to join the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) in fielding the BAE Systems Striker II helmet-mounted display (HMD) aboard its Eurofighter combat aircraft.

Mossie could even hold her own against the Focke-Wulf FW 190, one of the most fearsome fighters in the Luftwaffe arsenal. In one particular incident, Mosquito pilots shot down five FW 190s in ...

Nazi-era board games are being auctioned this week, one with points given for bombing UK cities. But what were British children playing during WWII? It wasn't all hopscotch and conkers, the Brits had ...