The Luftwaffe’s Arado Ar 196 pictured off the British coast, c 1930-40 - Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo “The appearance of the bombers in mass was the turning point in the ...

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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 ...

Hans Jeschonnek was 15 when he decided he joined the German army in the First World War. Early on he embraced militarism and showed much potential. As he rose through the ranks of the German army, he ...

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 ...