Franz Stigler, a German fighter pilot, spared American bomber pilot Charles Brown during World War II, illustrating how ...

The haunting wail that echoed across Europe during World War II often meant only one thing, the arrival of the German Junkers ...

In 1941, Royal Navy pilot Eric “Winkle” Brown barely survived when a shell smashed through his windshield, driving glass into ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was ...

Guards at the Curragh had blanks in their weapons and the internees, allied and German, were allowed to visit local pubs and ...

Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage.

Amid the hardships of the war, Christmas dinner became an annual reprieve for far-flung troops across the globe.

The 21st century battleships would be as different from the Iowa-class battleships of World War II as those warships were ...

The legend of Jasper Maskelyne, a British stage magician who helped hide Allied military installations during World War II, has likely been embellished beyond his actual accomplishments.

The pilots were part of the Berlin Airlift bringing lifesaving supplies into West Berlin, which had been blockaded by the ...

A centenarian has shared his precious memories of Christmas 1945. Dubbed "Victory Christmas", it was the first time Britain ...

Defence giants are drawing battle lines as Germany rearms, with the old guard arguing for traditional heavy weaponry while ...