In early 1942, nearly 100,000 German troops found themselves trapped in the frozen hell of the Demyansk Pocket, relying entirely on a daring and relentless Luftwaffe airlift. Flying through snow, ice, ...

When the British equipped their Sherman tanks with the 17-pounder gun, they created a machine capable of penetrating the German Panther and Tiger armour. But the U.S. Army turned down the offer—even ...

Why did Germany, defeated in both World War I and WWII, recover so strongly after the latter, but not after the former?

The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying on little more than speed, altitude or guile. Here are ten spy planes of ...

Kramer was among a dozen young Germans spending a week on a “taster” program with their country’s Navy. The initiative is ...

During WWII, engineers produced some of the most iconic aircraft in history. From sleek fighters to hulking steel beasts -- ...

When Charles M. Schulz came up with the concept of Snoopy, he recalled the tragic loss of his mother as he was leaving to go ...

Today, the OGH is Guernsey’s only five-star hotel. It has 60 rooms, a spa and a heated outside pool, and first-class ...

Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...

Robert H. Jackson, an American Supreme Court justice who thought of himself as "anything but a warrior," was drafted by FDR ...

The Panzer tank family was at the heart of German operations throughout World War 2. The term “Panzer” refers to a series of ...

Napoleon: Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who, after rising to power during the French Revolution, carried out a ...