Germany, one of the most historically and geographically diverse countries in Europe, is best understood through its maps.

World War One centenary commemorations are important in the UK, but in Germany people rarely visit WW1 cemeteries. Why? It is not true that the German government has decreed: "Don't mention the war." ...

As the guns fell silent in 1918, World War 1 victors all agreed on one thing: Germany must pay. Indian soldiers in France going to sacrifice a sheep and a goat.(Alamy Stock Photo) ...

One can argue that without the horrors of World War I, Germany may never have seen the explosion in artistic output that occurred during the 1920s and 1930s. ... It redrew the map of Germany.

The Anglo-German Naval Race before World War One is an example of militarism. At the time, Britain had the world’s strongest navy. The ruler of Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm, wanted to build a navy ...

Royal cousins Wilhelm II and King George V went to war As nations gear up to mark 100 years since the start of World War One, academic argument still rages over which country was to blame for the ...

Germany will participate in a ceremony at one of the big war graves at Mons in Belgium. The country's president will probably attend, laying a wreath, though those details are yet to be worked out.