It began as a secret anti-aircraft weapon—but soon became the most feared gun on the battlefield. Long before the Tiger tank ...

German divers searching the Baltic Sea for discarded fishing nets have stumbled upon a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi military during World War Two which they believe was thrown overboard ...

Carrie and Shaun Tullier have a house with probably the best foundations on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. It starts with ...

In February 1943, the Battle of Stalingrad came to an end. Field Marshal Paulus surrendered, and 91,000 German soldiers of the once-mighty 6th Army laid down their weapons. They thought the nightmare ...

The bazooka changed the face of World War II. When American troops landed in North Africa in 1942, few knew that the simple steel tube in their crates would soon rewrite the rules of armored warfare.

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“As I am now, so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.” —Tombstone inscription of Thomas Roberts, died March 6, 1818, Black Swamp–area cemetery, southern Hampton County. This column, and ...

Authorities said the gun used in the killing of Charlie Kirk may be a decades-old, untraceable rifle. Prosecutors and officials identified the gun as a Mauser Model 98 .30-06 caliber bolt-action rifle ...

A cyclist rides past the office of German defense company and automotive supplier Rheinmetall in Düsseldorf, western Germany. (Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS — Rheinmetall, Europe’s ...

Crossing the Dutch coast was the start of every bomber crew’s nightmare—the murderous gauntlet of German flak. From radar-guided salvos and blinding searchlights to steel-cabled barrage balloons, the ...