German History timeline

The Zimmerman Telegram - Germany Begins Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

United States Adopts a Policy of "Armed Neutrality," Germans Sink 7,000 Vessels Germany, with feverish speed, had been multiplying her fleets of... Read more

Armistice Signed at Compiegne Marks the End of World War 1

World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of... Read more

The Allied Invasion of Normandy Begins with the D-Day Landings

Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force. You are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have striven these... Read more

Reunification of Germany

On 28 November 1989—two weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall—West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced a 10-point program calling for the two... Read more