The "Dragon" in question was a captured German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 helicopter, the first of its kind to fly over the English Channel. It landed under a veil of utmost secrecy at Beaulieu ...

As elite German paratroopers descended on the island fortress of Crete in World War 2, locals described them as resembling "umbrellas falling from the sky." More for You.

In WWII, the German army developed many types of armored vehicles. See why one of these quick Panzers was given the nickname of the "Bumblebee." ...

British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex airfields on 24 March 1945, to be dropped directly on top of the German lines at the River Rhine. Paratroopers and gliders packed ...

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.

BERLIN - The German government on Wednesday warned against Russian efforts to \\"instrumentalise\\" events marking the 80th anniversary of World War Two after the Russian ambassador to Berlin ...

The stories of German soldiers who were based in Guernsey and died during World War Two have been documented in a book. Life Lives Beyond the Grave has been written by Simon Hamon, a retired ...

Herbert 'Herbie' Samuel Bray, from Mullion, Cornwall, died in October, aged 97. His grandson, Jordan Jane, 26, had asked veterans to attend and described the Para as a 'remarkable man'.