This video breaks down a surprising explanation of German militarism. More than anything, bureaucracy built the German war machine, and that same bureaucracy is, surprisingly, still the core of the ...

Submarines came to the forefront of military navies with the advent of WWI, as Germany's dangerous U-boats proved a ...

British Foreign Affairs Office, London, February, 23rd 1917. In the afternoon, Arthur Balfour, the foreign secretary of the ...

Which side has more sex appeal?” This was Maximilian Krah, a highly controversial and outspoken, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician speaking to CNN in Halle, eastern Germany ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar's embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain ...

Analysis-Risk of Violence Escalates in Myanmar's Civil War as Junta Flags Elections By Shoon Naing and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) - Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted ...

Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United ...

Rescue vehicles are seen near a crime scene in Aschaffenburg, Germany, where two people were killed in a knife attack. (AP) A tragic stabbing attack in the southern German town of Aschaffenburg on ...

In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.

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