The Second World War lasted from September 1939 to September 1945. It resulted in the deaths of 70 – 85 million people, more than half of which were civilians. The global conflict incentivized ...

Before the World Wars were fought, most countries would wage wars and not give much thought to it. However, the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War showed what happens when nations decide to ...

Sleek, agile, powerful and possessing a multitude of guns on the nose and wings – the fighters of World War II have etched themselves a position in history akin to the greatest knights of the medieval ...

In September 1943, the Italian battleship Roma was steaming toward Malta to surrender to the Allies when a pair of German Dornier Do 217 bombers appeared overhead. The planes released two Fritz X ...

An innovative new way of fighting in the air developed in the 1930s, where fighter planes were equipped with a rotating hydraulic turret rather than front facing guns. Instead of battling to get on ...