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

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders ... The German Empire became Germany, and Germany lost substantial territory outside Europe.

The Anglo-German Naval Race before World War One ... map and France had significant territories in Africa and Asia. Empire could increase trade and wealth and it also brought great prestige ...

World War One ended at 11am on 11 November, 1918. This became known as Armistice Day - the day Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace) which caused the fighting to stop. People in ...

The past 100 years have seen another world war and the rise and fall of the Soviet ... (Pull cursor to the right from 1914 to see 1914 map and to the left from 2014 to see the modern map) ...