The German Army needs an additional 100,000 troops to meet NATO targets and prepare for a possible Russian aggression, Reuters reported on Sept. 11, citing a confidential letter from a top army ...

The German military entered what Chancellor Friedrich Merz described as a "new era" on Thursday, with the launching of its first large unit stationed permanently in another country. Merz and ...

Support would be for deployment on NATO's eastern border in the event of crisis, Handelsblatt says Russia seen as main threat from east since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine Discussions include possible ...

Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, has announced a plan to overhaul military command to improve the country's war capabilities. Pistorius voiced the necessity for the German military to ...

Hoffmann said the number of casualties would depend on the intensity of fighting and the units involved. “Realistically, we’re talking about roughly a thousand wounded soldiers a day,” he said.

BERLIN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and defence experts told Reuters. Even if a new government ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walks past a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MARS II) of the German armed forces during an exercise at a military training ground near Ostenholz, northern Germany, October ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — German police have arrested two men with ties to Russian intelligence, accusing them of spying on U.S. military bases in Bavaria and plotting attacks in retaliation for U.S.