This episode breaks down how technology and politics combined to destroy Roma. On paper, she was a match for any enemy ...

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 ...

When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, only a fraction of the PZL.37 Łoś fleet was ready for combat. Yet the sleek, compact bomber quickly stunned German pilots with its speed, maneuverability ...

Previously published in two vols as: Fighters of the Luftwaffe. 1993 - Bombers of the Luftwaffe. 1994. Omnibus ed. first published: 1997.

On Sept. 7, 1940 — 80 years ago tonight — the German air force launched a massive series of attacks on London that would go on for 56 of the next 57 days and nights. The plan was to destroy the Royal ...

On the night of August 24/25, 1940, during the Battle of Britain, a small force of German bombers targeting the Thameshaven oil facility went off course and struck numerous buildings across the City ...

Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...

The He 111 made its maiden flight on February 24, 1935, and entered into the official operational service of “die Vaterland” later that year. The Heinkel wielded a payload of 4,400 lbs. of bombs in ...

In the opening hours of World War II, in the early morning skies over Poland, both the Axis and the Allied side had aerial victories and aerial “firsts”, some involving unlikely and obscure aircraft ...