Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an important part of that strategy. But it was ...

The larger context of the battle—the U.S. Navy being forced to take on the German Navy—would have had serious repercussions for the Pacific theater. Germany was, after all, considered the primary ...

The German debate about how to treat Russia has been lively. Over the past year, the political mainstream has moved towards a much more critical position towards Russia. But Russia’s aggression ...

After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked ...

Historical analogies are always dangerous and incomplete, but as long as we remember their limitations, sometimes analogies are useful in trying to understand current developments. An obvious question ...

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LONDON — Count Gottfried von Bismarck, whose life of privileged excess as a descendant of Germany’s “Iron Chancellor” was clouded by two deaths at his decadent parties, has died at age 44. The ...

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In Europe, America is a land that everyone has heard about and many wish to visit. But many have only experienced it through movies. Two weeks before the start of school, junior Flora Halbert was able ...