Two German battlecruisers slipped through enemy patrols and arrived in Ottoman waters under dramatic circumstances.

At the turn of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire was at the zenith of its power. However, its success did not go unnoticed ...

The BMW Center for German and European Studies, in conjunction with the Department of German, held an event entitled, “Ottoman Perspectives on the First World War” on March 20. The goal of the talk ...

Ben Kingsley and Josh Hartnett also star in the story set on the eastern front of WWI. A World War I love story with Josh Hartnett? No, this isn’t a prequel to “Pearl Harbor” (thank the gods), it’s ...

Wars are historical hinges. And misbegotten wars, when serving as culmination points of more general national decline, can be fatal. This is particularly true for empires. The Habsburg empire, which ...