The Bismarck, the pride of the Kriegsmarine and named after Germany’s unifier Otto von Bismarck, was designed to dominate the seas with its 50,000-ton frame and deadly 15-inch guns. At the start of ...

The first comprehensive account of the Berlin Africa Conference of 1884 and 1885, this book looks at the mixed motives behind the partition of Africa into colonial monopolies. Historians from both ...