Two Russian armies invaded German East Prussia in August 1914. Rennenkampf's First Army was to converge with the Samsonov's Second Army to give a two-to-one numerical superiority over the German ...

The First Battle of the Marne marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War ... in Belgium and East Prussia.

Witnesses tell not only of the terror of flight but also of responsibility, guilt and innocence, hopes and fears in the years before and during the war. The story of ...

18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first ... In 1919, world leaders gathered in Paris to begin a peace conference after the end of World War I.