One of the most famous WW2 pilots, Hans-Ulrich Rudel was downed by enemy fire dozens of times. In some of those cases he was ...

For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last times they gather to publicly relay what they endured and how it shaped them.

Part 442 of items from the historical past of the area that impacted Franklin County. Sources: Preston Citizen, 1940-1946; ...

A former vicar and Coventry author has shared a fascinating account of a bombing raid on a Foleshill Church. Today marks 85 years since the raid on Foleshill gas works on October 29, 1940. Some of the ...

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Police in southern Bavaria mistakenly shot a German soldier this week after their response to reports of a man carrying a weapon took them into a unilateral military exercise.

Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in ...

The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first “Happy Time,” followed by the second “Happy Time,” and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

Pilatus has delivered a single PC-12 NGX turboprop to the German military’s WTD 61 aeronautical test and evaluation unit. To be operated from Manching air base in Bavaria, the asset – with the ...

Germany’s two governing parties have reached a provisional agreement on revising the country’s military service, suggesting a lottery-based model should the army fail to fill its yearly quota, ...

Nearly 250 years ago, in the midst of the Revolutionary War, German military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben helped transform the U.S. Continental Army from a band of militias into a unified and ...