Bundeswehr

Shortly after Russia launched its war of aggression against Ukraine in February, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Germany would set up a special fund with a volume of 100 billion Euro (107.45 billion U.S. Dollars or 85 billion Pounds Sterling) for its defense. Now, three months later, there is an agreement on the details.

In a letter to all soldiers, Germany's Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said the Bundeswehr would be needed "to protect the NATO allies at the eastern…

The deadly terror attacks at Kabul airport had been malicious, Angela Merkel said in Berlin. German soldiers who were part of the evacuation effort from the…

In Afghanistan, Germany's Bundeswehr depends on the American armed forces. Because the latter are supposed to leave Kabul airport and Afghanistan by Tuesday, the Germans are forced to end their airlift from the Afghan capital via Tashkent to Germany.

Because the Taliban took over Kabul a lot sooner than expected, Germany just preponed the beginning of the evacuation of its nationals from there. The first Air…

Shortly before the Taliban are expected to invade the Afghan capital of Kabul, a German special forces team is supposed to get German nationals out of there…

It has been 20 years. After the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the Bundeswehr, Germany's Armed Forces, joined the U.S. Army in its war against terror in Afghanistan. On Tuesday night, the last soldiers left.

In Germany, more than 8,000 individuals are now infected with Covid 19, also known as the Coronavirus. The Berlin Senate announced the establishment of a…

Due to fears of an Iranian retaliation after the killing of commander Qasem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike, training programs the German Bundeswehr is running…

While 'AKK' did not want to become a minister, some of her party friends disagreed. As her popularity took a hit in recent months, they argued she needed a ministry in which she could work on her popularity issue, by getting things done. The Defense Ministry is the perfect place for that kind of activity.