After Germany surrendered in 1945, the nation was divided into four zones. Each zone controlled by a different Allied nation (the United States, France, United Kingdom or the Soviet Union). By 1949, ...

There have been two epic battles at the place known as Tannenberg. The first, in 1410, saw the defeat of a German religious order called the Teutonic Knights at the hands of Slavs and Lithuanians.

BERLIN — The man appointed to negotiate an apology for the 20th century’s first genocide, German diplomat Ruprecht Polenz, speaks of a need to establish “a common understanding of what happened in the ...

From bucolic swaths of wine country to Parthenon-inspired architecture, you can expect to encounter the continent’s highlights here With its walkable town centers, spectacular palaces and museums, and ...