As the Iron Curtain of the Cold War hung over Europe in 1947, the ghostly silhouette of a formidable Nazi ship hovered on the horizon of the Baltic Sea, a mirage of the war that had ended two years ...

The Focke-Wulf Triebflugel was one of Nazi Germany’s strangest late-war interceptor ideas, a tail-sitting aircraft that would ...

You tend to hear a number of myths and legends about German military aircraft from World War II. For one, you'll hear that German aircraft technology was leaps and bounds better than Allied tech. You ...

Ever since the Lilienthal brothers bird-like gliders of the 19th Century, the nation of Germany has contributed a great deal to aviation. From rocket fighters to pulse-jets and even airships over ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." This was an inglorious fate for a ship launched with fanfare in 1938 and hailed as the pride of the Nazi ...