One of the most compelling cases for the Hurricane is the example of 303 Squadron, the RAF squadron that consisted entirely ...

Many a history buff is familiar with Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill’s famous quote about the Royal Air Force (RAF) ...

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) suffered its first-ever fatal accident in May when one of its Spitfires crashed outside RAF Coningsby. Senior officers grounded the BBMF after the ...

Following the defeat of France, Britain and the empire was left to fight Germany. To successfully invade Britain, Germany needed to control the skies over the English channel. This led to the ...

The journal's author, Virgile Henri Sonnet, born in Jersey and 26 years old at the time of the battle, was a non-commissioned officer in HMS ... efforts to save those German sailors who had ...

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) may never take to the skies again, aviation experts fear, after being grounded ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor. His reign ended ...

The covert mission saw the British Indian Army’s Calcutta Light Horse (part of the Cavalry Reserve) sink a German merchant ... there’s 1969’s Battle of Britain on afterwards, which saw ...

Humans just love a good tale of revenge. There is so much inherent drama, wrongs being righted, betrayal and catharsis. So it ...

Allied with France and Britain, Grand Duke Nicholas ... Two Russian armies invaded German East Prussia in August 1914. Rennenkampf's First Army was to converge with the Samsonov's Second Army ...

During World War II, the crew of the Zaida were among the everyday Americans who risked their lives watching out for enemy ...

British soldiers among smashed dugouts and trenches during the Battle of Flanders ... and a fair number of German soldiers had lived and worked in Britain before the war. Sometimes it seemed ...