Germany plans to attack Paris and surprise the French by marching through neutral territory. On August 2, 1914 Germany asked ...

A century-old wartime vessel has been identified off the coast of England. Wind farm developers were scanning the seabed off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk when their sonar detected an unusually ...

A detailed restoration of a rare WW1 German bayonet, removing heavy rust, repairing damage, and carefully bringing the ...

For nearly 100 years, commemorations across the country on November 11 have honored military servicemen and women. What was once known as Armistice Day, to mark the end of World War I, is now Veterans ...

A vast ocean graveyard of British and German vessels sunk during the First World War has been discovered by a team of explorers. A total of 41 German U-boats, as well as three English submarines, have ...

On 16 December, 1914, the German Navy bombarded the town of Hartlepool, in north-east England, killing 130 people and injuring hundreds more. Dozens of buildings were destroyed or damaged and many of ...

The U-8 submarine had a short career in the First World War, but sank five British merchant ships before it was sunk The propeller from the first German U-Boat to be sunk 100 years ago during the ...

A SHIPWRECKED German World War 1 cruiser has been found off the Falkland Islands after it was sunk by the Royal Navy 105 years ago. SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of German Vice-Admiral Maximilian ...

The wreckage of a World War I German armoured battlecruiser has been discovered off the coast of the Falkland Islands. The SMS Scharnhorst, the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee's East Asia ...

The headstones of German sailors killed at the end of World War One have been replaced after mistakes were discovered in their inscriptions. Researchers found the original memorials in Orkney's Lyness ...