The Dornier Do 17, often called the “Flying Pencil,” was one of Nazi Germany’s main bombers during the early years of World War II. Fast and agile for its time, it played a major role in Germany’s ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Home Fleet amounted to a big problem for the Kriegsmarine. By June 1940, Hitler’s Panzer Divisions had rolled up to the English Channel. The German Luftwaffe had just ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Royal Navy helped dash Hitler’s dreams of taking Britain. By June 1940, Hitler’s Panzer Divisions had rolled up to the English Channel. The German Luftwaffe had just ...

Last month, when Germany unleashed her real air attack on Britain, she led with her chin in reckless massed raids of as many as 1,800 planes per day. Last week she showed that she had learned caution, ...

Researchers have built a mathematical model to try to understand how changes would affect the Battle of Britain in World War II. Both armchair and pedigreed historians have argued for decades that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Luftwaffe’s Arado Ar 196 pictured off the British coast, c 1930-40 - Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo ...

As the second week of October ran out, fogs set in when gales weren’t blowing. Still no German invasion of Britain was attempted, and observers concluded fi nally that the Battle of Britain had ...

A ‘Diary’ of the Most Critical Ten Days of the Battle of Britain Written by a prolific author – who started back when there were many veterans available for interviews – this book is the fifth of a ...

Mathematicians have developed a new model to explore what the impact of changes to Luftwaffe tactics would actually have been. Their approach uses statistical modelling to calculate how the Battle ...