In part 2 of our Battle of Britain documentary, we explored how after Germany had swept over continental Europe, Britain under Prime Minister Winston Churchill refused to give in to Hitler’s will but ...

Humanity achieved flight a mere decade before the outset of World War I in 1914, and pioneers did not take long to press the revolutionary new science into service. The first fighter pilots fought in ...

The upcoming series will tell the stories of people of color who fought in World War II. Get ready for a history lesson courtesy of Idris Elba. The actor has been tapped to narrate and produce ...

A 103-year-old veteran who flew for the Royal Air Force during World War II was honored at a special Veterans H 2022 event. The Irish Air Corps celebrated a special centenary Veterans Day on Friday, ...

The Luftwaffe, weather-bound through most of last week, got over England’s east coast long enough one night to drop paper weapons. The Germans thought that the downcurve in British morale (TIME, June ...

LONDON — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that Britain ...

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 ...

RAF Group Captain John "Paddy" Hemmingway, the last known surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain, died peacefully Monday at home in his native Dublin, Ireland. He was awarded the ...