TJ3 History Official on MSN

Battle of Britain Bomber Intercept! RAF Hurricanes attack He-111s - Historic WWII Mini-Movie

In an epic Battle of Britain clash, German He-111 bombers are attacked by RAF Hawker Hurricanes who have been scrambled to ...
Caliban Rising on MSN

Battle of Britain: When Hitler’s Air Armada Met Its Match in the Skies

In the summer of 1940, the fate of Europe hung in the balance as the Luftwaffe prepared to crush Britain from the air. Fresh from their lightning victories in France and the Low Countries, German ...
The Daily Iowan

Review | ‘Nuremberg’ features a WWII battle of wits rather than weapons

Director James Vanderbilt’s latest film, “Nuremberg,” wasn’t something I was initially planning on watching in theaters.
The National Interest

303 Squadron: These Polish Fighter Pilots Won the Battle of Britain

The joint Nazi-Soviet invasion of Poland in September 1939 that signified the beginning of WWII resulted in the conquest and occupation of Poland after a mere thirty-five days. However, the Poles ...
National Geographic news

Charles Lindbergh was a Nazi puppet—and his famous flight was overrated. Here’s why.

I have to declare a personal stake that shapes my opinion as I write this story. It has its origins in 1940, 85 years ago this month. I was seven years old, living near London. I watched the ...
The Washington Post

John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105

In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy” Hemingway in the summer of 1940 records the deadly struggles in the skies over England as wave after wave of German ...
9NEWS

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain dies at age 105

LONDON, UK — The last surviving pilot of the Battle of Britain has died, severing the last living link to the few thousand young men who fought the Nazi air force to a standstill amid fears that ...