To this day, the majority of the population still believes that the German Empire bears the sole responsibility for the First World War. However, in recent years, the study of history has dealt more and more with this topic and more often, the investigations came to the conclusion that Germany is by no means the...
In 1903, the first powered aircraft took off for just a few seconds. Only 11 years later, with the onset of World War I, were the first air forces confronting history, whose technological development and experience had a decisive influence on the air war.
With the emergence of the German Empire in 1872, the imperial navy, whose construction was the second strongest navy behind the British Royal Navy until 1914 continuously developed.
With the outbreak of the First World War, the hitherto largest naval forces were facing, a clash took place, however, did not take place until the Battle of...
The First World War was conducted from 1914 to 1918 in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It was the most comprehensive war in history to date, encompassing all areas of government, society, economy and culture. In total, nearly 70 million soldiers were under arms. About 17 million people lost their lives in the...
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Balkans were driven by nationalist tendencies that demanded the independence of their countries but also the claims of power of the European large states, which sought to expand their territorial influence and to incorporate territories.
Especially Austria-Hungary expanded its dominion clearly. Only through diplomatic negotiations could wars be...
In the decades following the civil war in Japan (1863-1868), Japan was systematically modernizing its naval and land forces and pursuing an extremely aggressive foreign policy to expand its sphere of influence. In the war with China in 1894 and 1895, Japan was able to incorporate Taiwan. It also controlled the Korean peninsula, which was...
After the end of the American Civil War, the United States became a major military and economic power in the Caribbean and Pacific. Also territorially the country expanded further. In 1867, it bought the region of Alaska from Russia for $ 7.2 million. In the same year, the US annexed Midway Island in the Pacific...
Already with the founding of the United States of America from the then 13 colonies on the east coast of North America, it was foreseeable that its expansion would lead further west and thus inevitably to conflicts with the native Indian tribes.
With the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the expulsion of the Indians was not...
During the 15th century, the Portuguese began searching for a sea route to India. For this purpose, the ships sailed south along the west coast of Africa, where the sailors founded a series of bases.
In the 17th century, the Portuguese were followed by the French, Dutch and English, and more and more bases and trading...
The cornerstone of the American Civil War was laid with the Constitution after the Declaration of Independence, when Member States were given the decision to uphold slavery itself. So the country divided into a negative north and a practicing south. When Abraham Lincoln became a person who wanted to abolish slavery across the United States,...
