An "extremely rare" postcard written by World War One heroine and nurse Edith Cavell has sold at auction for €1,000 (about £880). The postcard is thought to have been sent around the time of the ...

And so, what's old is new: a major source of low-background steel, even today, is WW1 and WW2 era battleships, including a huge naval fleet that was scuttled by German Admiral Ludwig von Reuter in ...

African prisoners in German camps were studied by ethnographers, who recorded their voices. What they had to say is poignant ...

A British liner carrying 30,000 chests of tea was captured by a German cruiser off the east coast of Africa, just two days in to the war. So it was imperative to Britain that Germany’s long ...

African prisoners made sound recordings in German camps in WW1: this is what they had to say A recent book called Knowing by Ear recounts recordings made by African prisoners to reveal the lives ...

While the German government frets over the sudden chill in relations with the United States, residents around American bases hope that ties are too tight to cut easily.

In 1917 Britain and her allies were losing hundreds of ships every month to German U-boats. These deadly submarines patrolled the waters of the United Kingdom watching for ships to destroy. Their ...

The latest search for Madeleine McCann has been described as “very constructive” by Braunschweig head prosecutor Hans Christian Wolters. The search, conducted by German and Portuguese ...

A striking seasonal phenomenon is unfolding off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, as cold, nutrient-rich waters rise to the ...