"[The shells] simply dropped from space like some huge meteorite." On March 21, 1918, terror suddenly rained down from the ...

Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment ...

Germany will now have a base in Lithuania in a move hailed by it's defence chiefs as historic. Berlin's forces have not been permanently stationed abroad since the end of World War 2. But it has ...

Germany has formally commissioned its first permanent foreign troop deployment since World War II in Lithuania, in response ...

A detailed look at how the D-Day invasion was launched by the Allies against Nazi Germany on 6 June 1944. WW2: What would you have done when the bombs fell? documentWW2: What would you have done ...

On the Chemin des Dames, German soldiers took refuge in a former limestone quarry, which they called the Dragon’s Cavern. Michael St. Maur Sheil Ten thousand men were killed within seconds when ...

Togo in Africa saw the first battle between Allied and German forces in World War One. They fought for control of the Kamina wireless station. WW1: Why was the first day of the Somme such a disaster?

Germany's armed forces ... soldiers from the country will be on a permanent foreign deployment since World War II. "We have a clear mission. We have to ensure the protection, freedom and security ...