The Germans primarily painted spirals on the nosecones of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, two of the best German fighter planes of WW2. The spirals worked well to promote safety.

What made the Hummel so formidable was the 15-centimeter heavy howitzer (the "18" number in the lengthy official name) it carried. This main gun weighed over six tons alone and fired 95+ pound ...

The German Jagdpanther armoured vehicle was proposed in October 1942 and Adolf Hitler inspected a prototype some fourteen months later. A total of 392 were produced by two manufacturers up to ...

This weekend marks 85 years since the Luftwaffe's bombing of Stirling, which resulted in the destruction of a football stadium, injuries to several residents and damage to numerous properties.

You might expect a warplane to be pained in drab, neutral colors that fade into the background. But that's not what Germany did with its WW2 planes. Here's why.