Roger W. Jordan, The world’s merchant fleets 1939: the particulars and wartime fates of 6000 ships. (London: Chatham Publishing,1999). Includes specifications, date of building and builder and some ...

On 3 September 1939 Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Second World War on every national and commercial radio station in Australia. Almost ...

Gregor Kobel sent Borussia Dortmund into the third round of the German Cup with a diving save to win a penalty shootout against Eintracht Frankfurt. Midfielder Farès Chaïbi stepped up to take ...

The musical "Slam Frank" has sparked controversy in Germany by depicting the young Jewish diarist Anne Frank as a pansexual ...

In post-war London, James met Rudolph's daughter, Roswitha, at a cricket match. She was working as an au pair. The couple ...

FOR nearly two years, Germany’s Palestine solidarity movement has been subjected to intense repression. Above all, the ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

After the harrowing Rapido River battle, survivors like Private Jim White endured harsh POW conditions and a grueling march westward. Their eventual liberation near Frankfurt in April 1945 marked a ...

Welcome the future of aviation with stunning planespotting footage of the Boeing 777X and its powerful GE9X engines at Frankfurt Airport. This video captures the next-generation jetliner in action, ...

BERLIN (AP) — Freiburg’s Vincenzo Grifo scored a brilliant free kick to deny Eintracht Frankfurt a win on Sunday before it faces Liverpool in the Champions League. Grifo struck the ball from a ...

A graduate in German, Jake has a passion for history and regional aviation, and enjoys sampling new carriers and aircraft. He has visited OEM facilities as far and wide as Bristol, Toulouse, and ...

Charles W. Hall, age 80, of Edwardsville, IL, passed away on Friday, October 10, 2025, at Stearns Nursing Rehab Center in Granite City, IL. Charles was born on September 23, 1945, in Carbondale, IL, ...