For the Nazi mindset, the uniform demonstrated discipline and status and was used as part of the propaganda effort to give their dream of a new, super-Germany a sense of fashion and style. Some ...

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...

The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined A 'horizon effect' optical illusion may have protected ships more than the eye-catching paint job. By Mack DeGeurin ...

The Imperial German Navy's U-boats were some of the deadliest vessels of the war, and they were responsible for sinking over 5,000 Allied ships. That amounted to around 12 million tons of supplies ...

For some tabletop alternatives, you might try our guides to the best WW1 board games, or best war board games in general. Naturally, we also have a list of the best WW2 games on PC, which similarly ...

The 'Hello Girls' helped win WWI—why was their service overlooked? When American women were first deployed into combat zones, the U.S. refused to consider them veterans for more than 50 years.

SMS Scharnhorst: Wreck of WWI German armoured cruiser found near Falkland Islands. The armoured vessel was sunk by the British in a crucial naval battle on 8 December 1914.

WWI Factions The German Army. Posted: November 12, 2024 | Last updated: December 11, 2024. Faction: The German Army The First World War Germany was recognised as having the most efficient army in ...

The Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli in Turkey is perhaps the world’s best-preserved WWI trench-warfare site. Here, the remains of an Allied trench look out over the Aegean Sea and the northern ...

Divers have discovered a "long-lost" German submarine from WWI - and the British merchant ship believed to have sunk it. The specialists from Guernsey found the German UC-18 last seen in 1917 ...

And they could be truly labyrinthine: some German systems built in 1918 stretched out over 14 miles. What weapons were used during WW1 trench warfare? The trenches were protected by machine-gun ...

It’s a German one,” 1st Sgt. Sanders Poelmans said. A German, 15-centimeter, high-explosive shell produced in 1914, to be precise. “It’s still possible to explode,” he added. And they still do. “We ...