The Me-163 Komet was one of Nazi Germany’s most radical aircraft - a rocket-powered interceptor designed to destroy Allied bombers at lightning speed. But in actual combat, did it live up to the hype, ...

Summary: During World War II, the strategic bomber offensive tested the balance between bombers and fighters, evolving from the early limitations demonstrated in the Battle of Britain to the ...

Three Allied aerial bombing decoy sites from World War II were recently investigated, uncovering significant variations in construction and preservation. The sites are located in North Staffordshire ...

When war broke out in September 1939, none of the combatants were prepared to fight in the way that they wanted. The British lacked the heavy bombers that interwar doctrine suggested that would be ...

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the quickest way to expose U.S. military secrets is to become a gamer. Case in point: A War Thunder player recently posted images from the F-117 Nighthawk’s ...

When he began his internship at the Massachusetts Historical Society last summer, Ian Morrison ’24 wanted to produce a podcast about some aspect of World War II, but he had no intention of focusing on ...

Just prior to the end of World War I, French officials began constructing a Potemkin Paris outside of the real city to throw off German bombing raids. This tactic may seem unusual, but aerial bombing ...

AUSTIN, Texas — In a historic moment marking the end of World War II, Japanese officials signed the formal instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri on Sept. 2, 1945. It marked the end of a ...