The German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, introduced the world's first state pension system in the 1880s. You had to be 70 years old - and the expectation was that you would probably only live a ...

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BISMARCK By David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig Overlook, $35, 385 pages REVIEWED BY ROGER FONTAINE In the 20th century, 1941 was a critical year for the survival of ...

A retired U.S. Navy captain has carried out research that casts doubt on one of the most glorious chapters in British military history -- the sinking of the German battleship the Bismarck in 1941.

Otto von Bismarck was the prime minister of Prussia before overseeing the unification of Germany The German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, introduced the world's first state pension system in the ...

The German Chancellor, Otto von Bismarck, introduced the world's first state pension system in the 1880s. You had to be 70 years old - and the expectation was that you would probably only live a ...