FOE:Hessia’s education minister Karin Wolff has recently drawn attention for proposing that school biology lessons include the biblical creation story. Now she has drawn attention by outing herself as gay. All too many politicians pander to creationists; and some out themselves. But it’s pretty rare,...
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Around the turn of the twelfth century the Counts of Scheyern acquired Wittelsbach Castle, a fortress not terribly far from Augsburg. By the mid-twelfth century the family had relocated to.
The Hohenzollern are first mentioned in the eleventh century. Holding lands in southern Germany and the Black Forest, the family slowly expanded its territory until it acquired Brandenburg in 1415..
Part IPart IIPart IIIPart IVPart VPart VIPart VIIYavuz remained flagship of the Turkish Navy until 1954, when she was placed in reserve. In the picture to the left, taken in 1946, Yavuz is center right, with USS Missouri (completed only two years earlier) in the...
The Treaty of Versailles limited the German navy to vessels of 10000 tons or less. The intention was to prevent Germany from constructing any ships larger than coastal defense vessels,.
In comments, Bistroist points out that the wreck of the Led... er, Graf Zeppelin has been found. Graf Zep was Germany's first effort at building an aircraft carrier (Seydlitz was.
Part III of a four part series to commemmorate the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland.Part I: SMS LutzowPart II: HMS LionThe first eight German dreadnoughts followed the naming convention previously adopted for pre-dreadnoughts. Like in the US Navy, battleships were named after states....
Part I of a four part Jutland Series, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland.German shipbuilding was deeply affected not only by the construction of Dreadnought,.
SMS Schleswig-Holstein was the fourth of the Deutschland class, the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by Germany. The Deutschland's were authorized by Admiral Alfred Von Tirpitz' Fleet Acts, designed to provide.
The dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet had two notable characteristics. First, they were well armored and have excellent survivability characteristics. These qualities extended to German battlecruisers, most of which took brutal damage at Jutland yet survived. On the downside, German dreadnoughts tended to be...
SMS Ostfriesland was the second ship of the Helgoland class, the second group of German dreadnoughts. Germany had been taken aback by the construction of HMS Dreadnought and HMS Invincible..
Tirpitz was the final result of forty (interrupted) years of German battleship design. In construction she was very similar to her sister Bismarck, although slightly larger and with a few.