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.

A German woman narrowly escaped injury after picking up an object she believed to be amber but which then spontaneously ... Video, 00:00:33 Divers recover WW2 bouncing bomb. Published. 19 July ...

A German man feared a monster courgette he found in his garden was an unexploded World War Two bomb and called the police. The 5kg (11-pound) courgette had probably been thrown over a hedge into ...

German woman mistakes WW2 white phosphorus for amber. 5 August 2017. Share Save. Share Save. Getty Images. The woman found the munition on a beach on the Elbe river.

The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in WW2 appear to have been identified on the Atlantic seabed. Shipwreck-hunter David Mearns says sonar data shows the transatlantic passenger liner ...

Allied soldiers 'raped hundreds of thousands of German women' after WW2 A German historian claims Allied troops, as well as Soviet soldiers, were responsible for hundreds of thousands of rapes in ...

German government warns against Russian propaganda at WW2 events Russian ambassador attends Seelow commemoration despite German caution Ukrainian envoy criticizes Russian presence at war victim ...

Clarence Smoyer’s index finger caressed the trigger. Sweat poured down the leather flaps of his helmet. No one in his tank moved or even whispered. It was March 6, 1945, and Smoyer was part of ...

The German's helmet has since been re-designed, carrying four stars to mark Germany's World Cup triumphs in 1954,1974, 1990 and 2014 instead. 'It is a shame,' said Robserg.