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We did not get any sleep at all last night because our artillery kept firing nonstop. Everything was trembling, and the Germans only gave us...

Hist friends have been urging him to write a letter for the sake of humanity. You will be surprise to see the Mahatma Gandhi's letter to...

HINDENBURG, PAUL VON (1847–1934) German field marshal. President of the Weimar Republic, 1925–1934. He served as a young officer in the Seve...

22-23 Apr 1918, to counter the German U-boat offensive, Royal Navy, under C-in-C Dover Roger Keyes, launched Zeebrugge Raid to block the Bru...

29 Mar 1917, Arthur Zimmermann, German State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, admitted in Reichstag that his telegram to ambassador von Eckardt...

Boris Becker is accused of failing to hand over 9 trophies, including 2 of his 3 Wimbledon singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, his 1991 a...

26 March 1916, HS Tabora, a German hospital ship, sunk in the port of Dar es Salaam, by RN battleship Vengeance & protected cruisers Cha...

26 March 1918, due to the dramatic advance by the German Army, the decision was taken at the Doullens Conference to appoint General Ferdinan...

3 Oct 1929, Gustav Stresemann, German foreign minister 1923-1929 during Weimar Republic, died, aged 51. French foreign minister Aristide Bri...

3 Oct 1918, Max von Baden (1867-1929), prince, general & politician, appointed German Chancellor. Had worked for POWs welfare & oppo...

Within three years of their first electoral success, the Nazis acquired political power in Germany when Adolf Hitler became chancellor on ...

the first German Emperor from 18 January 1871 to his death in 1888, the first Head of State of a united Germany.  Perhaps, but a mustach...