During World War Two, hundreds of cargo ships raced across the Atlantic in an effort to keep Britain supplied. But these ...

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away ...

Summary: The article traces the history of German submarines from World War II to the modern ... Key point: German battleships never engaged their British peers again in battle.

Smithsonian Channel kicks off its nationwide free preview event today, running through March 30, offering Canadian cable-TV ...

During WWII, Britain planned to build an unsinkable aircraft carrier… out of ICE! Dubbed Project Habakkuk, this massive ...

While the U.S. and other nations, including Canada, have sent warships through the disputed strait in recent weeks, it would be the German navy’s first passage through the strait since 2002.

Speaking via video link to a hall of around 4,500 Alternative for Germany (AfD) supporters in the central city of Halle, the world's richest man said: "It's good to be proud of German culture ...

By Sui-Lee WeeDeclan Walsh and Farnaz Fassihi The action by Salwan Momika, an Iraqi immigrant, set off protests across the Muslim world in 2023. He had received death threats, his lawyer said.

German lawmakers approved about €2.5 billion ($2.6 billion) worth of weapons and equipment orders for the armed forces in the ...

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BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of Germans on Saturday protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a Feb. 23 ...

HMS Canopus was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy missed the Battle of Coronel, but fired the first shots of the Battle of the Falklands Last December, in a spirit of remembrance and ...