Germany purchased these islands from Spain in 1899 after Spain’s defeat by the United States in the Spanish-American War. Japan took them over after World War I and the United States ...

Why did Germany really lose World War I? In this video, we explore the complex reasons behind the defeat of the German Empire in 1918. We begin with The Blame Game After Defeat, ...

Less than a year before the end of World War II, then US Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish postwar Germany.. After the serial 1870-1871 Franco ...