On the edge of a forest near a former German airfield, a loud iron signal leads to a remarkable find: a long, deactivated ...

After a brief Skillshare introduction, the dig moves to a remote German forest where blown M5 anti-tank shell casings, foxholes filled with Allied and Axis relics, and a series of Luftwaffe-marked ...

The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was not the best or the worst of the combat aircraft to see service during the Second World War. It had been one of the German Luftwaffe’s great hopes at the start of the war, ...

Eighty-five years ago today, the first prototype turbojet aircraft, the He 178, was test-flown only days before Germany invaded Poland to start World War II. The plane could fly for only six minutes.

Building an air force -- The Nazis and Eaker -- Spaatz and Eaker go to England -- First mission and the move to North Africa -- Casablanca and fighters in North Africa -- Romance, submarines, and ...

Across the country, towns banded together to support the war effort. However, one Surrey town is believed to have ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure aircraft ...

World War II aircraft were painted in a wide assortment of colors, from shades of gray to olive drab, blue, and camouflage patterns. British planes were painted Dark Earth, Dark Green, and Night — a ...