Short answers, pulled from the story.
The year 1790 marked the first appearance of a scientific journal in Berlin that would eventually become Annalen der Physik. Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren launched this publication under the title Journal der Physik.
Johann Christian Poggendorff edited the journal from 1824 through 1876 under the title Annalen der Physik und Chemie. Each editor who followed began volume numbering from one again, creating a perpetual source of confusion for later researchers.
World War II caused publication to cease completely between 1944 and 1946. Soviet military authorities granted permission for the journal to restart in August 1946 after years of silence following Nazi Germany policies.
After German reunification in 1990, English became the sole language of the publication. The transition reflected broader changes in how scientists communicated across national boundaries during the twentieth century.
Wiley Online Library published details about this restructuring on the 17th of August 2011. A relaunch announcement for 2012 introduced new editors and updated content scope for the journal.