From September 1940 until May 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked cities across the United Kingdom in what the British press dubbed the Blitz, an abbreviation of Blitzkrieg.

In 1934, Josef František joined the Czechoslovak Air Force. By 1940, he was flying for the RAF and topping the ace charts ...

The first Nazi to spot and exploit Lindbergh as an effective agent of German disinformation was Hermann Goering, Hitler’s ...

Two German Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers return from an attack against the southern British coast during the Battle of Britain, on August 19, 1940. AP Photo ...

This stunning collection of images, taken between 1940 and 1942, details the extent of the destruction caused by Hitler's Luftwaffe across Britain's fields.

On the Sunday night before xmas 1940 the air raid sirens around 6.30pm gave the warning that an air raid was imminent. From memory the attack went on for about 10 - 11 hours. Towards midnight the ...

Squadron leader Millard volunteered for operational service to help defeat the Luftwaffe in summer of 1940 The comprehensive photo album of 250 images has now emerged for sale at C&T Auctions, in ...

Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. Led by Hermann Goering, it became the largest and most powerful in Europe ...

But 1940 was more than the Year Before. It was a time and era all its own: the Luftwaffe bombing assault on London, the assassination of Trotsky, the discovery of Stone Age carvings in a cave in ...

During the spring of 1940, clashes with the Luftwaffe became more frequent as the weather improved, and by 20 April the squadron 'bag' had risen to 23, for the loss of five Hurricanes and one ...