Germany

C.E. Hamshere shows how, a fortnight after the Armistice of 1918, the elusive German Commander in East Africa surrendered at Abercorn in what is now Zambia.

Elizabeth Wiskemann recounts the story of one of Europe’s richest and most hotly-disputed industrial territories

Mayer Amschel Rothschild died on September 19th 1812.

The full text of Jonathan Steinberg's interview with History Today editor Paul Lay.

The future emperor was born on August 31st, AD 12.

As the Eurozone countries wrestle with the fate of the single currency, Mark Ronan discovers parallels in Wagner’s Ring cycle.

Albert Speer’s plan to transform Berlin into the capital of a 1,000-year Reich would have created a vast monument to misanthropy.

A series of videos exploring how Germania, Hitler's planned rebuilding of Berlin into the capital of a new World Empire, would have looked.

Hitler's future companion was born in Munich on February 6th 1912.

Keith Lowe on the dilemmas faced by a victorious but financially ruined Britain in its dealings with postwar Germany.