Luftwaffe

The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 emerged in 1941 to challenge the Bf 109’s dominance and cast a long shadow over World War II skies.

Amidst the roar of engines and the thunderous explosions, the B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 390th Bomb Group delivered a devastating blow to the enemy’s war machine, forever altering the course of the conflict and the fate of occupied Paris.

In September 1940 a 28 year old Luftwaffe pilot was shot down over England. This is his story and the story of the aircraft he was flying.

We didn’t really know much about the German navy called Kriegsmarine, and there’s a reason for that.

Germany is now set to purchase 35 units of the modern and advanced F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet to replace its aging fleet of Tornado aircraft amid Russian threats of nuclear war.

Aviation legend Jimmy Doolittle pioneered a type of gas that made Allied planes faster and more lethal, helping us win battles and the war.

The German war machine almost crushed the bulk of the British infantry in Dunkirk. Find out why it didn’t.

Historians estimate that the February 13, 1945 Allied bombing of Dresden and resulting firestorm killed some 25,000 people.

London, United Kingdom—A new war movie celebrating the Polish pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain is out. The movie narrates the story of RAF Squadron 303, which was comprised mostly of Polish pilots. Poland was the first victim of the German onslaught. Utilizing the novel Blitzkrieg tactics, the first modern usage of combined […]

May 4, 1939 — The Royal Air Force (RAF) lines up its premier fighter planes on the tarmac at the RAF Duxford airfield in England — the Supermarine Spitfires, pictured above. The plane had only been introduced into the RAF the year prior on this very airfield, piloted by men from 19 Squadron, RAF Duxford. Spitfires […]

On this night, December 29-30, 1940, the Luftwaffe unleashed one of the more deadly raids on the city of London during “The Blitz”, firebombing the capital and destroying a large segment of the city. The Blitz was the name Londoners gave to the German bombing of England that took place between 7 September 1940 – […]

In the summer of 1940, the German army was a juggernaut. The punched a hole through Belgium, rolled across France and were preparing for the coup de grace, the invasion of England. Even the ever-confident Hitler was surprised at the speed in which the Germans crushed the allied forces of Britain, France, and Belgium. The […]