Here’s What You Need to Remember: The destruction of the High Seas Fleet on June 21, 1919 still marks the greatest destruction of naval power in a single day in modern military history. In a few hours ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Ten battleships, five battlecruisers, four cruisers, and thirty-two destroyers were successfully scuttled. From the German point of view, the operation was an enormous ...

The author of several works on the Great War and German history, Wolz’s battle history of the German Imperial Navy was originally published in Germany in 2013. Unlike most works in English on war at ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

This ceremonial dagger has an elaborately etched blade, gold-plated guard and scabbard; its insignia include the imperial eagle and swastika. It was handed to Major John Clement, officer in charge of ...

A hundred years ago this month, a Pacific empire began to crumble. In the final quarter of the 19th century, the German Empire began to acquire Pacific territories. Chief among the German possessions ...