The German 8.8 cm Flakfa,mously known as the "88", was s one of the most feared weapons of World War II. Originally designed as a high-altitude anti-aircraft gun, it unexpectedly became one of the ...

This aircraft, classified as a medium bomber, was the first American aircraft to bomb Japan during the famous Doolittle Raid ...

Spain plans to build a CATOBAR aircraft carrier and convert current ships for drones, but defense budget constraints cast ...

General Franco and the Nationalist forces won the Spanish Civil War, which came to an end in early 1939. The violence and atrocities from both sides had left at least 500,000 people dead.

When the Spanish Civil War broke out in July 1936, after months of persecution against Catholics by the government of the Second Republic and despite having the option of leaving the diocese, he ...

East Lancashire men who volunteered to fight fascism in the 1930s Spanish Civil War have been honoured in a new memorial in Burnley. Men from Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale and Hyndburn are featured in ...

Their tactics also seemed peculiarly designed to ensure their early defeat. It might be expected that the civil war in Spain would have taught some valuable military lessons. Certainly the Powers that ...

Then there were troops in trucks, troops marching, trucks with guns, with tanks, with anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, and always a line of people walking.

Aside from using the Ju 52 as a transport plane, the Luftwaffe also ordered a heavy bomber version of this aircraft during the mid-1930s, which it used during the Spanish Civil War in support of ...

During the Spanish Civil War, Wolfram began to formulate the use of close air support in military operations, including improving communications between aircraft and ground forces.