Spyridon Louis, a humble water carrier without any athletics training, was the first great hero of the Olympic Games when, at the last minute and against all odds, he brought victory to Athens in 1896
Major sporting events, such as the 1936 Games, served the Reich as loudspeakers for National Socialism, as documented by an exhibition on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin
In a new book, retired general Richard Dannatt and expert archivist Allen Packwood analyze the Normandy landings on the 80th anniversary, from the perspective of the prime minister’s contribution to the ‘Longest Day’
After coming up short in an international educational assessment, the country will invest in books and 4,000 schools for students facing challenges. While 71% of young people were in the middle class in the 1980s and 1990s, today, only 61% of millennials make the cut
An exhibition in Berlin debates what would have happened if German history had taken alternative paths and the allies had not unexpectedly captured the Remagen bridge intact, potentially extending World War II by months
The people on board were Syrian and Turkish citizens. A police patrol tried to stop it, but the driver, a 24-year-old stateless man resident in Austria, didn’t react and accelerated to 180 kph (112 mph)
The city pays a debt of gratitude to the great German painter and chronicler of the first half of the 20th century, a communist who was loathed by the Nazis, by dedicating a museum to him
Four decades after the biggest fake news scandal in history, the full contents of the forged tomes, which paint the Führer as a sympathetic statesman ignorant of the Holocaust, have been made public