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The five years after World War One were a period of turmoil and instability for Germany: Germany had lost World War One and was severely punished by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment abroad since World War II.
Let’s backtrack… In 1914, Britain had the largest navy in the world, but Germany wanted one that would rival it. In the lead up to the war, Germany and Britain raced to build the most ships ...
The Treaty of Versailles, signed on June 28, 1919, formally brought World War One to an end -- but rather ... The treaty burdened Germany with punitive penalties that economically immobilised ...
President Woodrow Wilson made the saying famous, but he was not the first one who ... will "make the world safe for democracy" to justify his call for a declaration of war on Germany.
When Great Britain set up a blockade of the Belgian borders to prevent supplies from reaching Germany through Belgium, seven million Belgian people were cut off from imported food and other needed ...
In Germany, Muslim POWs and deserters held in ... the photographs taken by British and German soldiers during World War One. Tens of thousands of British and German soldiers marched off to war ...
BBC drama programming to mark the centenary of World War One. BBC One Sarah Phelps’ gripping ... to the declaration of war between Britain and Germany on 4 August. From the multi award-winning ...