The new constitution was agreed in August 1919 and the first elections in what became known as the Weimar Republic took place in June 1920, electing Ebert as Germany’s new President.

It therefore had to pay the Allies for this damage Reparations This was the name given to the money Germany had to pay for the war damage it had caused. In 1922 the amount to be paid was set at £ ...

These unembellished memorials mark the graves of unfortunate souls who died one week during the fall of 1918 from the flu ... when the nightmare of World War I was finally ending, and it killed ...

Cape Town — A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa ...

This course examines the social and military history of the First World War. It focuses on the tactics and technology used during the conflict and on the war's impact on society, culture, politics and ...

World War One ended 11th November 1918 and took the lives of nine million soldiers. But as Michael Palin discovers, its battlegrounds in Europe are still full of revealing evidence of bitter fighting.

Events are taking place worldwide. Some 9.7 million soldiers and 10 million civilians died in World War One from 1914 to 1918. Several world leaders also held bilateral meetings at the events.

A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa during World War 1, between 1914-1918 and who have no known graves and because they were ...