The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2.The spirals worked well to promote safety.

Critics of the German military’s procurement system can point to a long history of scandals, including, for example, the 135 million Euros the military spent repairing the Gorch Fock, a sailboat ...

From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to Robert K. Sutton's 2022 book, "Nazis on the Potomac: The Top-Secret ...

German engineers and scientists created some exceptional and novel military designs during WWII. Granted, not everything they created was an instant success, and they even created one fighter jet ...

Row over Russian envoy overshadows German WW2 commemoration. By Thomas Escritt. April 16, 2025 1:41 PM UTC Updated April 16, 2025 ... Military attaches from the embassies of Belarus and Kazakhstan ...