On the 6th of June 1944, D-Day commenced. The largest amphibious operation in history marked the start of the liberation of ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought in ...

While the 20th century brought humanity some of its most significant innovations across numerous fields, such as our most impactful modern invention, the internet, it was also marked by one of the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — I visited the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach and spoke with museum director Keegan Chetwynd. He told me the story behind one of the more unique-looking aircraft in ...

The aircraft, which flew sightseeing tours for tourists with DDA Classic Airlines and was previously part of the D-Day paradrop and Operation Market Garden, was saved from retirement by the famous ...

An incredible piece of history is being protected almost permanently by nature; the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft crashed landed in north Wales in 1942. The American fighter plane ...

My WW2 experiences are in two halves: there are no acts of heroism on my part but, looking back, I believe that, as a young man, my experiences taught me to cope with whatever circumstances I found ...

I left school at the age of 14 years. I left in August 1939 and the bombing started I think in the autumn of the following year 1940.The goverment issued Anderson shelters and other types of shelter ...

The USS Lexington, a US aircraft carrier lost during the 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea, has been discovered by a team of civilian researchers off the north-east coast of Australia. The Lexington was ...

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