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Where the Battle of Britain Began

In this Then & Now episode, we revisit the quiet hills of Kent where, on July 8, 1940, the RAF scored its first fighter kill over British soil when a Spitfire downed a German Messerschmitt Bf 109.
When a crashed German Junkers Ju-88 goes down over England in a bombing raid during the Battle of Britain, a strange story ...
Director James Vanderbilt’s latest film, “Nuremberg,” wasn’t something I was initially planning on watching in theaters.
In this video, we examine the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the final moments of HMS Hood—how she fought, why she exploded ...
The Battle of the Atlantic, the prolonged and relentless struggle that for six years tilted the fate of the global conflict ...
The German Navy's U-boat campaign in the Battle of the Atlantic could have been far more effective if it was conducted in a ...
John Gomer Morris, who is now a Chelsea Pensioner, spoke to historian DAMIEN LEWIS about his incredible wartime experiences ...
Ten Spy Planes of World War II Aerial intelligence gathering during wartime is a high-risk mission. Reconnaissance aircraft must navigate enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying on ...
Robbie Hall, 102, christened as Queenie, served in Bomber Command - with fiancé Frank Vincent dying when his plane went down ...
A little over 200 years ago, the Greeks began their war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had conquered most of ...
Wall St. Insights Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many ...
The story of the Nazi super-battleship Bismarck, the most feared warship in the world. In 6 minutes, it delivered a[...] ...