Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that Europe faces the prospect of “pulverization” if it does not increase defence spending, something she chronically failed to do during her time in office.
Nearly half of German voters support Berlin deploying troops as part of a broader peacekeeping force in Ukraine after a potential Trump-negotiated settlement between Kyiv and Moscow.
German police investigating alleged Islamist, said to be plotting to kill soldiers with a machete while they were off-base buying lunch.
Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military service personel to be vaccinated against COVID-19 after being in place since late 2021.
Germany has reportedly scrapped plans to reintroduce military conscription to fill the depleted ranks of the Bundeswehr.
Less than 40 per cent of Germans said they would be unwilling to defend their nation with weapons even if it came under attack, a survey has found.
Ukraine took responsibility for “disabling” a railway bridge in the Russian mainland region of Samara in the early hours of Monday morning.
A proposal to let foreign citizens serve in the German army is under consideration by Berlin. If approved, it will allow the Bundeswehr to build strength on the back of a recent announcement that conscription could return as the prospect of a grand “European army” looms on the horizon.
The people of Germany need to become prepared to fight a war in Europe, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has warned.
Bring back the draft but make it gender-neutral to save the nation’s ailing military, Germany’s national military commissioner has said.
The German Army reserves are only a fraction of the official size in reality, lack equipment and training, and “largely exists on paper”.
Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius admitted this week that the German military is incapable of defending the nation if needed.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said to prepare for a “long war” against Russia, while calling for more weapons to be sent to Ukraine.
A growing debate is emerging in Germany as to whether military conscription should be reintroduced after it was abolished in 2011.
Germany is reportedly considering diverting green agenda cash aimed at reducing coal power to the defence industry, amid the war in Ukraine.
Germany’s decision to keep sending weapons abroad has left the country’s own armoury “bare”, the country’s army chief has warned.
A German prince was among those arrested by police and is suspected to be a leader of a group wanting to violently overthrow the government.
Germany announced Thursday it is sending troops and warships to the Indo-Pacific to boost its military presence in the increasingly disputed region. The move comes as Luftwaffe assets undertake advanced air-combat training in Australia as part of Exercise Pitch Black 2022.
A German court has rejected attempts by members of the country’s armed forces to challenge the government’s mandatory Wuhan virus vaccination policy for all troops.
700 of the Communist-era missiles Germany’s Defence Ministry planned to send to Ukraine were deemed outdated and no longer usable.
Germany has finally committed to meet its NATO defence spending requirements, in a move vindicating criticisms from former President Trump.
The German military says it has found a solution for an unusual logistics problem its troops in Afghanistan face: a glut of beer.
Investigators believe that an arson attack targetting several German Bundeswehr vehicles on New Year’s Eve in Leipzig is linked to far-left extremists.
The German government has come out in opposition to President Donald Trump’s plan to bring American troops home from Afghanistan, arguing that putting an end to America’s longest war would be too “hasty”.
Germany is considering a massive restructure to the elite Special Forces Command a series of far-right extremist allegations.
A member of Germany’s Special Forces Command (KSK) has been sacked after the soldier in question was alleged to have sympathies with radical Islamic extremism.
The local government in Berlin, Germany, has announced that it will build a new hospital to cope with the rising number of cases of coronavirus in the city.
German Bundeswehr three-star General Alfons Mais has placed himself into voluntary quarantine after coming into contact with another military official suspected of having coronavirus.
The German armed forces have removed a proportion of their small deployment to Iraq following the killing of General Qassem Soleimani.
Germany’s defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wants European nations to contribute combat forces to an international security zone on the Syria-Turkey border, however she can give no guarantee German troops will take part.
Germany has been asked by the U.S. to step up and join the battle against Islamic State terrorists in Syria, as Washington looks to NATO allies to share the load in the fight against terror.
Rabbis stand ready join the ranks of the German army for the first time in 100 years, as the Bundeswehr looks to expand pastoral care for Jews in all services amid signs of a resurgence of anti-Semitism.
While the German army has long expelled those with neo-Nazi sympathies, there have been recent claims that they are now targetting supporters of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) for expulsion as well.
The European Union could collapse in the next few decades, according to a leaked confidential report by the German armed forces which looks at potential future trends within Europe.
The names of German military barracks honoring a handful of World War Two officers should changed to show that the country’s post-war armed forces have made a clean break from their Nazi past, Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
The top brass of the German military has ordered an inspection of all of its barracks after discovering Nazi-era memorabilia at two of them, the defence ministry said Sunday.
The German army is facing a half billion euro bill for its role in the migrant crisis due to its missions rescuing migrants off the coast, housing them and watching the borders. The German army or Bundeswehr has spent 428
A German soldiers’ union has come out against proposed plans to allow non-German citizens into the Bundeswehr which could hamper plans for a European Union (EU) army. The Armed Forces Association, which is the largest pressure group for the interests of soldiers