Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Oct. 3, 1942, Germany did the first-ever successful test launch of a ballistic missile. This missile was officially named ...

Interestingly, it was the Kriegsmarine, with their larger force, that was on the attack—meaning that many of the advantages should have gone to them. British warships were charged with defending ...

On the last day of 1942, German surface ships launched a surprise attack on Allied convoy JW-51B heading to the Soviet Union.

On October 3, 1942, Germany launched a V-2 missile off of Peenemunde, which lies off the country's Baltic coast. After traveling 118 miles, it was deemed a success — and quickly changed the scope of ...

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...

WASHINGTON – The V-2 rocket has left a dual legacy as an iconic spacefaring vehicle and the first in a slew of fearsome weapons first developed by the Nazis. On June 13, 1942, Germany performed the ...

Fieldwork along the former West Wall defensive network revealed an unfired 1942 German flare casing, U.S. canteen hardware, and preserved ammunition box components within collapsed fighting positions.

An account of the walk out in the central post office during the general strike in Luxembourg, 1942, by the son of one of the participants using his father's papers. Submitted by Mike Harman on August ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...