Scholz needed a big word to justify the big spending package he was announcing—a 100 billion Euro one-time subsidy intended to bring the German military up to speed, followed by a proposed ...

But since then, the military budget was “cut from 3 percent to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product. The German army has just 185,000 men, is to be cut further and is equipped more for rapid ...

German Bundeswehr soldiers of the NATO enhanced forward presence battalion wait to greet German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht upon her arrival at Lithuania's Rukla military base on Feb. 22.

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...

Recruitment issues are particularly embarrassing for the government in the context of the comprehensive military build-up known as “Zeitenwende”, which Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in the ...

In 1956, as a result of German rearmament, he joined the Bundeswehr, Germany’s newly created post-war armed forces, and enjoyed an impressive career in the military. In 1975, he became chief of ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The German military continued its rearmament but still suffered from serious personnel shortages last year, a report presented to the country's parliament on Tuesday ...