November 1918 and the war to end all wars comes to its conclusion as the guns on the western front fall silent. For four years prior, the army of German Kaiser Wilhelm II had shot and shelled its way ...

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With new high-speed trains complementing old school diesels, Turkey’s once undervalued rail system is enjoying a ...

From seeing nearly hundred-year-old bullet holes strewn across buildings to being in the same room where allied leaders ...

In 1904, two Americans boarded the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II and set off for Africa. One was Kent J. Loomis, brother to the ...

Battle of the Herrings fought during Hundred Years’ War when French and Scottish troops unsuccessfully attack English convoy (carrying ...

The works of the great Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli have been performed in Germany in “Tanzmusic” concert programs ...

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Nicholas’s character was his fate, argues Hasegawa, and it was the fundamental absence of a higher purpose at its heart, allowing him to be dominated by his German-born wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, ...

Hitler’s Royal Welcome - The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis: A History of Collaboration by Stephan Malinowski (Translated from ...