In May 1941, Nazi Germany launched its first major airborne invasion, targeting the strategic island of Crete. As thousands ...

October 7th has been a date marked by transformative moments across history, spanning dramatic battles, groundbreaking ...

October 3 is a public holiday all over Germany commemorating the reunification of the once divided nation. But why was ...

October 3 marked by Germany's reunification, Chicago's first skyscraper start, and key historical events shaping Europe, ...

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Katarina Witt, the figure skater once dubbed “the most beautiful face of socialism,” took to the ice to perform a routine set to Bizet’s opera Carmen.

Key Point: Despite ambitions of becoming a global colonial empire, Germany was still a Continental power in 1914. If it won the war, it would be through the immense power of its army, not its navy.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: None of these alternatives would have guaranteed victory, but they at least would have offered Germany a chance. Whether “victory” would have been worth the cost in ...

Few machines capture the imagination like the sleek silhouette of a German warplane carving through the sky. Whether you ...