Bundeswehr strength to increase. New conscription service, professional and contract soldiers with special expertise, e.g., ...

Germany's coalition government has agreed a new voluntary military service model, politicians said Thursday, after weeks of ...

“The Bundeswehr, the army that I am allowed to lead, is more or less depleted,” wrote General Alfons Mais, chief of the German army, on the day Russia attacked Ukraine, in an emotional post on social ...

Soldiers attend the swearing-in ceremony of German federal armed forces Bundeswehr recruits in remembrance of the German resistance on July 20, 2024, in Berlin. (Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images ...

Early last week, the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) launched a “cross-media image campaign.” Like earlier media campaigns, it glorifies militarism and nationalism, but this time aims even more ...