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Berlin Conference 1884-5 - Establishing the Rules of the Scramble for Africa
The Berlin Conference, also known as the Berlin West Africa Conference, was held between November 1884 and February 1885. Imperial powers, notably Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Germany, met to thrash out their competing claims for control...
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The Bombing of Berlin
The bombing of Berlin, aka the Berlin Air Offensive or Battle of Berlin (Air), was a sustained bombing campaign on the German capital by the British Royal Air Force and United States Air Force from November 1943 until March 1944. The objective...
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Berlin Confernece Delegates, 1884-5
An illustration by Adalbert von Rössler of the delegates at the Berlin Conference 1884-5 which set some of the ground rules for the Scramble for Africa. From the German publication Über Land und Meer.
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Berlin Anti-aircraft Defences
A 1942 photograph of one of the anti-aircraft gun installations which protected Berlin during the Second World War. (German Federal Archives)
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Map of the Scramble for Africa after the Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference (1884–1885), also known as the Congo Conference, marked a defining moment in the Scramble for Africa—the competitive colonization of the continent by European powers during the late 19th century. Convened in Berlin under...
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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin. The church was damaged in the bombing of Berlin during the Second World War (1939-45) and left as a memorial.
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Soviet War Memorial in Berlin
Soviet War memorial in the Großer Tiergarten, Berlin, photographed by Manfred Brueckels, 2007. The memorial itself was unveiled in November 1945 to commemorate the Soviet Union's losses in the war, especially those who died during the Battle...
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Bombed Berlin Reichstag, 1945
A June 1945 photograph showing the bomb-damaged Reichstag in Berlin. (Imperial War Museums, London)
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Map of Europe after the Congress of Berlin, 1878 - From Italian and German Unification to Balkan Crisis
The mid-19th century transformation of Europe was driven above all by the unification of Italy and Germany, which reduced long-standing political fragmentation and introduced powerful new nation-states into an already competitive continental...
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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, 1945
A June 1945 photograph of the ruined Brandenburg Gate in Berlin after the battle for th at city at the close of the German-Soviet War, the Eastern Front of the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)
