(RNS) — A new online exhibit from the National WWI Museum and Memorial presents the overlooked story of the Halbmondlager, a WWI Muslim prisoner of war camp. (RNS) — In 1915, Germany’s first mosque ...
The remains of more than 200 German soldiers who were buried alive in a tunnel in northeastern France during the World War I will not be recovered. The German government has instead decided to declare ...
A World War I-era German U-boat submarine has been found 100 years after it was wrecked in U.S. waters. The U-111, the last World War I-era German submarine to be discovered in U.S. waters, was sunk ...
Most people have forgotten the horrendous German inflation that followed WW I. Having no money and/or credit, the German government simply printed money. As prices rose, it printed more money.
Adolf Hitler faced immense challenges after World War I and during the worldwide depression. Seeking someone to blame for Germany’s struggles, he targeted the Jewish community, spreading the false ...
A team of divers have recovered the propeller of a German Submarine that sunk in Cork Harbour during the First World War in 1917. The UC-42 German submarine sank off Roches Point in the mouth of Cork ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Pamela Toler talked discussed her book, "The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi Germany," and what life ...
When the Western Front froze in 1914, Germany faced a stalemate. Captain Willie Roar’s experiments with small, fast assault units led to the creation of stormtroopers—soldiers trained to bypass ...
Germany is finally paying off World War I reparations, with the last 70 million euro (£60m) payment drawing the debt to a close. Interest on loans taken out to the pay the debt will be settled on ...