Before the First World War, the Imperial German Navy, with the will of Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, established the goal of being on par with the Royal Navy. However, the ambitions of Kaiser ...

Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy is an important book for those seeking to understand the factors contributing to the outbreak of World War I. The author, Patrick Kelly, has researched the subject ...

SMS Scharnhorst was part of the East Asia Squadron, the Imperial German Navy's cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean until the outbreak of World War One in 1914. The armoured ...

its insignia include the imperial eagle and swastika. It was handed to Major John Clement, officer in charge of a party from Force 135, sent on 17th May 1945 to remove the German garrison of 270 ...

First introduced in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader's theme song, "The Imperial March ... choose ...