Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I’ve known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of World War II European ...

From the Manchester to the B-32, these Allied heavy bombers showcase air power's rapid evolution of purpose, design, and ...

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome took a temporary shift to celebrate its role as a working farm during the Second World War.

The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, will be shown ...

News about Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The program to train World War II British pilots was launched in 1941 under the provisions of the Lend-Lease Act. It is a well-known fact that prior to the United States of America’s official ...

In an effort to keep the United States out of war, Roosevelt made the case during a fireside chat on Dec. 29, 1940, that the nation must provide additional support to Great Britain.

"Project Bring the Boys Back Home" sent volunteers to 12 cemeteries across Hampton Roads and North Carolina. The rubbings are all collected by hand, and three copies of each grave are needed for ...

Legend had it that Dorothy Furey was the daughter of a wealthy banana importer. Legend had it that her family lost a fortune in the crash of 1929. None of it was true.

Dick Churchill died in 2019, aged 99, as the last surviving member of the real-life Great Escape team. Mr Green believes the effects of the war caught up with his father Alan, who died suddenly on ...

British clergymen and newspapers commented last week on certain possibly metaphysical aspects of World War II:Since the beginning of the war, Great Britain has observed two national Days of ...