BMW is best known for cars, but during World War II, the company was tasked with making airplane engines for the German ...

Developed as the J 4 by the Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works, the aircraft was accepted into the Imperial German Air Service (the Luftstreitkräfte) as the first all-metal airplane to enter combat ...

Germany is known for its engineering expertise, and this resulted in some of the most impressive fighter planes in history.