Following the First World War three of the largest European Empires collapsed, with the German Empire being the last, after ...

Bismarck was fired by Wilhelm ii and the latter’s ambitious foreign policy got Germany into conflict with other European powers. Germany was no longer ‘saturiert’, as Bismarck called it years before.

Caught between euphoria and incredulity: How did the Germans experience the outbreak of World War I? DW takes a look at what was going on in the hearts and minds of Germans 100 years ago. This week, ...

“The Exception,” which opens tomorrow with a cast headed by Oscar winner Christopher Plummer as Germany’s exiled emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, rates as WWII spy thriller, romantic drama and character ...

The First World War saw millions of men separated from their families and sent to the front line but very few were pitted against their relations. For the royals, however, World War I truly was a ...

"The Exception" is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...

“The Exception” is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...