Germany (excluding WWII)
The
Airships
The story of the largest and most romantic aircraft ever conceived – from the
flight of the first Zeppelin in 1900 to the Hindenburg disaster of
1937 and beyond – and its role in intercontinental air travel, exploration
and warfare.
- Allied Tears, German Tears
Historian Gregor Dallas reveals how the Allies and the Germans viewed the 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front completely differently. - Arthur Zimmermann
German whose brief career as foreign secretary had a profound effect on World War I. - The Celts
Who were the Celts – a people with a distinctive language and culture whom the Romans gradually pushed to the western fringe of Europe, or something more complicated and mysterious? - Combatant states: Germany
Facts and figures from the First World War. - Dirty Hands: Atrocities of
World War I
According to Dr Alan McDougall, the Germans were guilty of atrocities, but the Allies' hands weren't clean and the Turks were responsible for the worst crimes. - Dogfight: The mystery of the
Red Baron – interviews
Interviews with historians Philip Sabin and Norman Franks and with the Red Baron's nephew Baron Hermann von Richthofen. - Erich von Falkenhayn
German general whose tactics led to a war characterised by stasis and deadlock. - Erich Ludendorff
Leading German general during World War I. - The
First World War
An exploration and dissection of some of the war's most controversial features. - The Holocaust
An umbrella website covering all aspects of the Holocaust of World War II, including a chronology (1923 to present) and information on victims and survivors, war crimes trials and later controversies. - Howard
Goodall’s Great Dates
Goodall shows that great pieces of music – including those by Wagner and Mozart – are not freak accidents of genius but the direct products of their time, place, culture and politics (Channel 4 Learning). - Lost
Generation
With an emphasis on the battle of the Somme, the information on this large site – including history articles and a unique database of the names of soldiers on World War I memorials in Britain – provides an opportunity to turn those lost during the war into real people. - Paul von Hindenburg
Germany's leading general in World War I, he later was responsible for Hitler’s rise to chancellor. - Queen Victoria’s Grandchildren
Biographies of eight of the queen’s grandchildren who, after her death, occupied European thrones, particularly George V of England, Nicholas II of Russia and Wilhelm II of Germany. - Secret
History: Lost Legions of Varus
An account of the extraordinary destruction of three Roman legions in AD 9 by German tribes leads to a discussion of guerrilla tactics throughout history. - The War of the World
According to historian Niall Ferguson, from the Russo-Japanese war of 1904/5 to the aftershocks of the Cold War, the 20th century was by far the bloodiest in history. In this website, Ferguson explains why this came about, and there is an extensive chronology of the events that made this the ‘age of hatred’. - What Happened at Jutland?
Maritime historian Bill Jurens gives the reasons why the battle of Jutland went so disastrously wrong for the British fleet. - Willy Brandt
The mayor of Berlin and German chancellor who resigned over a spy scandal. - Wilhelm II
Queen Victoria’s grandson who was Germany’s last Kaiser.
