In “Spitfires” by Becky Aikman, the saga of wartime American women pilots comes vividly to life.

Fast, deadly, and unforgettable—this aircraft earned its reputation as the scariest of World War II. Feared not just for its firepower but for the psychological edge it brought to the battlefield, its ...

Little wonder, then, that when World War II finally came to an end, the celebrations in Orkney went on long into the night.

Eighty years on, the spritely 100-year-old - who now teaches yoga and saw in her big birthday with a celebratory flight in a ...

By the time you read this the annual Russian victory parade may have taken place in Moscow. It is now eighty years since the ...

On May 3, 1945, one of the greatest and most silenced maritime tragedies of the 20th century unfolded in the Bay of Lübeck in ...

Flying Days: VE Day is a themed event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Visitors will be ...

Nazi engineers developed some of the most ambitious and unconventional aircraft concepts of World War II. This countdown ... defined the final years of the Luftwaffe. Adorable moment elephants ...

A crew exploring the final resting site of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk during World War II found something puzzling. On April 19 and 20, NOAA Ocean Exploration and partners used a ...

Centenarian Dorothea Barron recalled the wave of relief she felt when she heard World War ... aircraft that played a crucial role in the Battle of Britain in 1940 against the German Luftwaffe.

There was very little doubt about what Canada would do in the wake of Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939.

Visitors will be able to catch a display from Ready 4 Duty, a US Navy World War II-era aircraft ... as a "sporty" aircraft and was often used as a basic trainer for the Luftwaffe.