The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

World War II heroes remembered in reenactments, displays, ceremonies, dance and pancake breakfast at MAPS Air Museum.

I wrote an article on this subject in 2017 for The Citizen titled: “Army Air Force volunteers mobilize as spotters in Owasco.

From exploding tinned food to covert assaults and code-breaking schemes, Ian Fleming’s real-life wartime exploits were just ...

German artillery tactics during World War II are often overlooked in military history, with very little written about how ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII ...

John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105 A fighter pilot, Mr. Hemingway was part of the aerial resistance in 1940 that was credited with forcing Hitler to call off ...

By the end of World War II, German forces had given 50 Mark V Panther tanks the gift of night vision. The gear was used for the first time in battle back in 1945. Around 310 pieces were delivered to ...

Second Lieutenant William L. Kiggins served in the US Army as a member of the 308th Fighter Squadron. His P-51 Mustang fighter plane was shot down on October 11, 1944, by German anti-aircraft ...

Work on a nature restoration project in Belgium unearthed multiple bunkers, trenches and other structures built there by the German army during World War II, officials announced this week. The ...

Conjuror Jasper Maskelyne allegedly helped win the war in North Africa with his trickery, though his claims have been contested. We'll never know the whole truth, writes Lucy Davies.

The German Luftwaffe pilots mistook the Defiants and attacked in their Messerschmitt Bf 109s from above and behind, thinking they were Hurricanes armed with forward-facing guns. They were wrong ...