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- February 29, 2012
Felix Graf von Luckner was a World War I pirate hero, best-selling author and all-round character. Although the pipe-smoking daredevil saved the German city of Halle from being destroyed by Allied bombs, it never recognized him because of his alleged Nazi ties. Now, historians have concluded that Luckner may have been a rogue, but he was never an actual Nazi. By Matthias Schulz more... [ Forum ]
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- October 27, 2011
Archaeologists in France recently discovered the remains of 21 German soldiers from World War I in an underground shelter that hasn't been touched since the day it was destroyed by French shells 93 years ago. Pocket books and prayer beads tell stories of life in the trenches -- but Germany doesn't want to hear them. By David Crossland more...
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- May 31, 2011
The enormous concrete shells are as tall as a house, and they were designed to listen for enemy aircraft in the 1920s and 30s. Pre-World War II acoustic experiments led to some extraordinary architecture -- and to a remarkably effective technology which ultimately succumbed to the invention of radar. By Solveig Grothe more... [ Forum ]
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- March 10, 2011
After analyzing recently found documents about Adolf Hitler's days as a soldier in World War I, historian Thomas Weber has concluded that he was not the hero he was later made out to be and that his radicalization shouldn't necessarily be attributed to his wartime experiences. By Georg Bönisch more... [ Forum ]
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- November 23, 2010
An entire village in northern France has been evacuated for a week while bomb removal experts clear 30 tons of shells -- 1,652 in total -- discovered in a German munitions depot from World War I. more...
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- November 03, 2010
One of the most graphic accounts of World War I, the diary of German author Ernst Jünger, has been published for the first time. Its dispassionate description of life and death on the Western Front is a cold indictment of war -- even though Jünger embraced the conflict throughout as a glorious test of manhood. By David Crossland more...
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- September 28, 2010
Germany will make its last reparations payment for World War I on Oct. 3, settling its outstanding debt from the 1919 Versailles Treaty and quietly closing the final chapter of the conflict that shaped the 20th century. By David Crossland more...
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- December 29, 2008
It's a descent into history. The remains of the German Imperial Fleet still lie on the seabed at Scapa Flow off Scotland's Orkney Islands where the Germans scuttled their ships in 1919. The ice-cold, deep waters are a paradise for professional wreck divers. By Linus Geschke more...
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- November 11, 2008
World War I wasn't so gray after all. A full 90 years after the end of the catastrophic conflict, a new set of spectactular color photographs are being published for the first time. more...
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- November 11, 2008
Europe is marking the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I with ceremonies honoring the 20 million war dead and celebrating the continent's hard-won unity. In Britain and the other victorious nations, there is growing fascination with the conflict that blighted the 20th century. By David Crossland in Berlin more...
