During the Battle of Britain, a clear, unwritten rule existed among airmen: if shot down over enemy soil, you surrendered.

In the summer of 1940, two legends climbed into their cockpits destined for a collision course. This video profiles Luftwaffe ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 FIRST AND THE LAST: THE RISE & FALL OF THE GERMAN FIGHTER FORCES, 1938-1945 (368 pp.]—Adolf Galland—Holf ($4.95). War memoirs fall generally into two classes—front-line yarns and headquarters ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the Battle of Britain had begun on July 10, 1940 – it was eighty years ago this week that the strategy of Nazi Germany shifted towards the large-scale night attacks known as “the Blitz.” From ...

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 ...