The Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first operational jet fighter, was developed under strict secrecy during the Second World War.

Born just down the road in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1924, Johnie Ernest Clark has seen quite a bit of history-- including war.

World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long ...

On November 2, 1943, during World War II, Major Raymond Wilkins led a daring low-level strike against the heavily fortified ...

World War II was decided by more than strategy and manpower. The weapons each side brought to the battlefield often ...

Government legislation from the Second World War meant that few photos of the Blitz were able to be taken, but an astonishing ...

The Dornier Do 335 was a fast, unconventional World War II fighter whose advanced design came too late, leaving it grounded ...

Parachutes were crucial in World War II for dropping troops behind enemy lines. This supported military missions, including D-Day in France, when more than 13,000 U.S. paratroopers parachuted into ...

A lot goes into how aircraft carriers handle storms at sea. After all, they have to ensure that millions of dollars worth of aircraft survive unscathed.

No aircraft carrier has successfully been sunk by enemy action since the end of World War II.

This photograph shows a Ukrainian railway carriage that was attacked by a Russian drone on January 27, 2026, near Kharkiv in ...