Gen. George C. Kenney The P-38 was given the nickname "Fork-tailed devil" by the Luftwaffe, Germany's aerial warfare branch ...

Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied ...

P-51 Mustang pilots shot down a total of 4,950 enemy aircraft, while more than 250 of its pilots achieved ace status and had ... for its pivotal role in World War II. -With its powerful Rolls ...

World War II began. Germany then had 57 U-boats in service ... they sank one transport. The leading U-boat ace Gunther Prien complained, "I cannot be expected to fight with a dummy rifle." ...

German ace Manfred von Richthofen ... One was battle-flown by future World War II Luftwaffe Cmdr. Hermann Göring, en route to becoming a World War I ace. The D.VII — 22 feet long with ...

One of the last Spitfire aces of World War Two has died aged 99 ... He also flew Mustang fighters to escort heavy-bomber raids into Germany. He flew more than 80 different aircraft types in ...

There are so many great tank names in the Army, but the process of earning the right to have one isn’t as clear-cut as you might think.

In March 1941, nine months before Pearl Harbor, Carl Holmstrom of Branford enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. A recent ...

This West German movie is an adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's novel of the same name, which draws heavily from his own experiences aboard a U-boat during World War II. The film chronicles ...

After nearly three years of horrific, industrialized war raged across Europe and repeated German effrontery ... would rise to great heights in World War II), Pershing “did not approve of ...

A special act of remembrance will be held this weekend for Polish RAF Spitfire pilots who trained in Northern Ireland and ...