One episode in that conflict was the Battle of the Falklands in 1914. The search we organised had as its aim the locating of all ships of the German squadron, so that we may learn more about the ...

If the U.S. had joined the Central Powers in 1917, World War I would have taken a drastically different turn. This alternate history explores how American industry, military power, and strategic ...

Germany changed the tactic during WWI via unrestricted submarine warfare, which meant that German U-boats could attack without warning any vessel it came across. Germany sank the civilian vessel ...

But why was it so important to Germany and why were the British and French so keen to destroy it? Kamina wireless station was completed in July 1914 and was a pivotal point for German naval ...

Excerpt from Paper Money by "Adam Smith," (George J.W. Goodman), pp. 57-62. Before World War I Germany was a prosperous country, with a gold-backed currency, expanding industry, and world ...

A fifth of the voters in Germany’s just-concluded elections voted for the neo-Nazi party Alternative für Deutschland, which wants to take the country out of the European Union.

Both were killed. British soldiers using a Vickers machine gun in the trenches during WW1. Following the assassination, Austria-Hungary approached Germany to see if they would support a war ...

The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe. For more information about the history of World War I, visit The National WWI Museum and Memorial.

In all, more than 500,000 tons of chemical gas agents were used in World War I. Some 500,000 troops were injured and some 30,000 died, including 2,000 American troops.

NARUTO, Tokushima Prefecture--A little-known episode about hostilities between Japan and Germany during World War I turned up when a flag featuring an unfamiliar design of a black cross and ...