One of the Nazi's most emblematic pieces of military ordnance, and perhaps the most feared plane of World War II, was the "Screaming Bird of Prey" — the Junkers Ju-87. It's better known as a "Stuka," ...

A Junkers Ju-87 begins to roll in on a target in the Balkans during the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. The "little bomber" was considered outdated before WWII even began, but it wound up ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Stuka was terrifying – if you were on the ground underneath it. However, the planes were not adept at air-to-air combat, as their losses during the Battle of ...

In the war’s darkest hours, Germany breathed new life into its fading dive bomber. The Ju-87 “Stuka” was reborn as a tank killer — redesigned with twin 37 mm cannons, and retooled for lethal strikes ...

The Junkers JU-87, better known by its nickname "Stuka," was one of World War II's most iconic combat aircraft. Its distinctive inverted "gull" wings and fixed undercarriage make it unmistakable, and ...

The Stuka was as much a psychological warfare weapon as it was an actual weapon of war. Before hostilities fully commenced, the decade preceding the outbreak of the Second World War, saw a flowering ...

In the opening days of the Blitzkrieg campaign, few aircraft could invoke as much terror as the Junkers Ju 87. Nicknamed the "Stuka" (an abbreviation of ...

Hans-Ulrich Rudel was the most decorated German serviceman of the second World War and the most famous Ju-87 Stuka pilot in history. He was an expert dive bomber and also was one of the first to use ...