Germany's blitzkrieg through France in June 1940 left the UK all alone against Adolf Hitler's Luftwaffe. It was also a wake up call for the U.S.- still on the sidelines of World War II - that its air ...

At Duxford Airfield in Cambridgeshire-the beating heart of British vintage aircraft flying-the whine and roar of Rolls-Royce Merlin engines marked the 85th anniversary of the start of the Battle of ...

Could You Survive as a Spitfire Pilot in World War Two? Arguably the most famous British fighter aircraft in history, the ...

A remarkable never-before-seen photo archive charting the wartime heroics of one of 'The Few' has been unearthed on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Squadron Leader Jocelyn Millard, an ...

The Luftwaffe carried out raids on British urban targets for two months prior to the start of the Blitz, with the loss of over 1,000 civilian lives. Photo: Stukas in formation in April 1940. Stukas ...

One of the most misunderstood military forces in history is Hitler's Luftwaffe. It has long been derided by a great many American authors, such as Samuel Mitcham, Jr. and Edwin P. Hoyt, to name two of ...

Clearing away the debris and detritus of modern mechanised warfare is something that warring nations have had to deal with since the end of the First World War. But it was the battle for Britain's ...

A cardboard depiction of a city's cathedral has been built and demolished to mark its destruction 85 years ago. The building was destroyed in November 1940 when the Luftwaffe launched a devastating ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Acknowledging these factors isn’t to diminish the heroism of the RAF pilots who defended the United Kingdom. Fighter Command’s successful defense spared the UK more ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: On a purely military level, the RAF simply wasn’t the primary impediment to a German invasion of the U.K.; a large fleet of Royal Navy warships was. By June 1940, ...

In 1940, the United Kingdom endured constant German Luftwaffe raids. Aircraft and pilot losses stretched the country’s ...

07:59, Mon, Sep 14, 2020 Updated: 04:39, Wed, Sep 16, 2020 Nearly 3,000 men of the RAF took part in the Battle of Britain - a group Winston Churchill referred to as ‘The Few’. Men came from all over ...