During the final years of World War II, Nazi Germany pursued dozens of radical aircraft projects in a desperate bid to regain air superiority. These included rocket-powered interceptors, forward-swept ...

Unlike the Japanese carrier fleet, the Kriegsmarine envisioned using the Graf Zeppelin in a support capacity for the wider ...

Say “Witam (Hello)” to the warbirds flown by the Polish Air Force pilots in their heroic losing effort. The joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 was important for several reasons. It ...

Exploring the design and deployment of German support aircraft and gliders, this documentary program highlights the airborne innovations of the Nazi Luftwaffe during World War II. Segments focus on ...

You tend to hear a number of myths and legends about German military aircraft from World War II. For one, you'll hear that German aircraft technology was leaps and bounds better than Allied tech. You ...

WARSAW, Poland — Poland's navy says a sunken shipwreck in the Baltic Sea is almost certainly Nazi Germany's only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin, which disappeared nearly 60 years ago. The Polish ...

Germany has created some of the most iconic and innovative aircraft in history. The ten we have selected are a good mix of some of the highlights of German aviation, though the selection involved the ...

A Russian reconnaissance plane entered international airspace over the Baltic Sea without communicating with air traffic controllers, prompting the German and Swedish air forces to scramble fighter ...

Harry T. Stewart celebrates his “hat trick” after downing three Nazi aircraft. (Courtesy of Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart/HistoryNet) Retired Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr., one of World War II’s few ...