Believe it or not, helmets reinforced with metal were used by the Sumerians and Akkadians as far back as 2300 B.C.E., and Mycenaean Greeks used bronze helmets (typically quite heavy) in 1700 B.C.E.

This wasn’t the news the German TV industry was expecting at the start of the week. The largest evacuation since World War II has been taking place in Cologne, as authorities sought to defuse ...

Authorities in the German city of Cologne have defused three unexploded World War Two bombs after the evacuation of more than 20,000 people. Bomb squad technicians deactivated the American bombs ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

The characteristic low growl of a German V-1 missile terrified people across England and Belgium. Here's what made their sound so unsettling.

The German Jagdpanther armoured vehicle was proposed in October 1942 and Adolf Hitler inspected a prototype some fourteen months later. A total of 392 were produced by two manufacturers up to ...

German firefighters once thought sprinkler helmets were a good idea The German sprinkler helmet has been fodder for bemused media reports for over a century. Alex Kasprak Published Feb. 28, 2025 ...

A German diplomat who was found dead in Pakistan’s capital was an undercover intelligence officer, according to a media report Anadolu staff | 13.01.2025 - Update : 13.01.2025 ...

Witness the restoration of a historic M40 German helmet found on a WWII battlefield! This helmet, deeply rusted and worn, undergoes an expert cleaning process using oxalic acid to carefully remove ...

German carmaker Mercedes-AMG presented this weekend the first vehicle in the Mythos ultra-luxury series, the no-roof, no windscreen PureSpeed ...

Earlier this week, Mike Licata, a WWII memorabilia collector, reunited the 101-year-old veteran with that replacement helmet. Licata’s daughter, Rachel, sent Channel 2 Action News videos and ...

Dennis O'Callaghan holding one of the helmets - his father Bill was one of only two men to survive the massacre after the soldiers surrendered on 27 May 1940 Katy Prickett BBC News, Norfolk ...