The Blohm and Voss BV 222 Wiking was not just another Luftwaffe transport aircraft, it was the largest operational seaplane ...

In 1940 I lived on Wolseley Road. On the evening of 12th December I went with my parents and brother to a concert at the Montgomery Hall in the centre of Sheffield. My father was in the Home Guard and ...

There is no shortage of books on the Battle of Britain, but Victoria Taylor, a young British historian, promises readers something different: looking at the battle from the German side, and ...

Secret WWII project Operation PLUTO laid HAIS and HAMEL undersea pipelines to pump fuel from England to liberated Europe, ...

BY WAR’S END, the pipes had delivered roughly 206 million gallons—enough to fuel about 14 million jeeps for 300 miles each, ...

Punctuality, efficiency, and a Nazi past? As Lufthansa turns 100, here’s a look at the German national airline’s brush with ...

German flagship carrier Lufthansa has vowed to further investigate the company's ties to the Nazi regime, acknowledging ...

A Tyneside RAF hero has turned 103 and spoken of her memories of helping bring British planes safely home during the Second ...

In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against the might of the German Luftwaffe as Hitler sought to crush the Royal Air ...

On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad. The fighting had lasted more than 200 days and cost an estimated 2 million casualties. It marked ...

The Great Denmans Night after night, day after day, I, your humble servant, lie in bed next to my goddess wife, Alexandra ...

A giant portrait of Benito Mussolini hovered over the “Snow Stadium” — on the exact same grounds where the curling arena for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics now stands.