Here’s What You Need to Know: Thankfully Berlin lost the war, but the word flak lives on with a new and different meaning. Today the word “flak” essentially means “strong criticism,” as in “I took a ...
Feared by pilots, tank crews, and infantry alike, the German 88mm Flak gun became the most versatile and deadly artillery piece of World War II. Originally designed for anti-aircraft use, it proved ...
Bombs being dropped on Dijon aerodrome, home of the Nazi twin engine fighters, by the US Eighth Air Force. (Hulton Archive/Getty) The German anti-aircraft guns had a hold on the Eighth Air Force. The ...