First went the goose step, then the imposing steel helmet, then the snappy clicking of heels, a casualty of the West German Bundeswehr’s switch from steel-capped heels to all-rubber ones.

During the Cold War, the Bundeswehr of the German Federal Republic (West Germany), which joined NATO in 1955, had primarily been responsible for defending against a possible attack by the Warsaw ...

Although a defeated West Germany was forbidden from having a standing army immediately after the end of World War II, the Allies quickly changed that stance as the Cold War began and by 1955 Germany's ...

Germany may increase the size of its armed forces to 230,000, up from the current target of 203,000, Defence Minister Boris ...

"I mean public calls by certain politicians to prepare the Bundeswehr and German society for a war ... regime has proven numerous times that any Western weapon, no matter the restrictions imposed ...

A new government strategy names specific areas deemed key national competencies for Berlin that must be maintained ...