What begins as a small excavation quickly turns into a major World War II recovery when Luftwaffe-marked ceramics, a complete battery set, personal items, and belt buckle parts start emerging from one ...

A return to an old Wehrmacht barracks dump quickly turns into another remarkable day of discovery, with marked Luftwaffe porcelain, gas mask parts, bakelite gear, locker tags, shaving items, and rare ...

For air-campaign planners, the first order of business is destroying or at least neutralizing the enemy’s integrated ...

Not all the ships sunk during WWII were forgotten; some gained a second life as iconic dive destinations, including this ship ...

Beate Uhse, who as a destitute war widow sold birth control pamphlets from a bicycle before going on to develop Europe’s biggest emporium of erotic goods, died on Monday in a hospital in Switzerland.

From biplanes in Brazil to the enduring legacy of the Spitfire, nothing compares with getting up close to aviation’s most ...

Minnesota native and World War II veteran Les Schrenk died earlier this week. He was 102 years old. In so many ways, Les ...

The Supermarine Spitfire single-seat fighter aircraft of the Second World War marks nine decades since its first flight in 1936.

James Butt, air displays and aviation coordinator at Shuttleworth, said: “Ninety years ago, the Spitfire took to the air for ...

On March 24, 1945, the largest single-day airborne assault in history dropped 16,000 paratroopers on the eastern bank of the ...

The lauded WWII prime minister is often invoked as a symbol of defiance or toughness. But as Donald Trump pours scorn on Keir Starmer for not being more like him, Guy Walters says the US president ...

Explore the history of WWI and WWII from the spark of the Archduke's assassination to the global shift of the Cold War. Discover the major alliances, key battles and how these conflicts led to the ...