The German desire to attack New York City in WW2 is well-known. However, in 2005, a previously unknown plan to[...] ...

Hans Jeschonnek was 15 when he decided he joined the German army in the First World War. Early on he embraced militarism and ...

The Do 17 made its maiden flight on November 23, 1934, and was officially adopted into the operational service of “die Vaterland” in 1937. Classified as a twin-engine light bomber, it was initially ...

Hidden beneath trees and overgrowth, the remains of a World War II Luftwaffe airfield reveal the last phase of German air ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

Britain’s Air Ministry claimed last week that British air operations on the Western Front were keeping 50% of the Luftwaffe’s fighter strength away from the Eastern Front. Without offering facts to ...

NASM copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. The aviation industry at war -- 2. The aviation industry and the air war -- 3. Reorganization of aircraft production -- 4. From ...

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