For nearly 100 years, commemorations across the country on November 11 have honored military servicemen and women. What was once known as Armistice Day, to mark the end of World War I, is now Veterans ...

On Nov. 6, 1918, William Vail engaged nine German fighters alone and saved the life of a fellow aviator. He shot down one enemy plane before being shot down himself, losing his leg in the process. The ...

Erich Kaestner, a German believed to have been the country's last World War I veteran, died Jan. 1 in a nursing home in Cologne at the age of 107, his son said Friday. Subscribe to read this story ...

An Oxford college wants to commemorate all those connected to it who died in World War One, irrespective of the country they died fighting for. The Queen's College currently has 121 names on its World ...

This remarkable photo, taken in 1918, shows employees of the New York Central Railroad at a celebration in Victory Way, showing off a pyramid of recovered German helmets in front of Grand Central ...

Editor’s Note: Professor Jörn Leonhard, of the University of Freiburg, is author of: “Die Büchse der Pandora. Geschichte des Ersten Weltkriegs.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Soldiers and allies on the Western Front in 1918 faced a dreaded but expected bloody German Spring Offensive, which the Germans referred to as the Kaiserschlacht, or Kaiser's Battle ...

The following images, provided by Tyne & Wear Archives, show the heart of a World War I German submarine that sank in 1918 after it was rammed by a torpedo boat destroyer. During WWII, Germany built 1 ...

Most people have forgotten the horrendous German inflation that followed WW I. Having no money and/or credit, the German government simply printed money. As prices rose, it printed more money.