In the 30 years since the end of the Cold War, the German military, known as the Bundeswehr, has been under-funded and ...

Despite Berlin's plans to boost its military forces, the Bundeswehr still falls woefully short of filling its ranks, a new report says. Defense Commissioner Eva Högl has called for a new and improved ...

"In crisis, your military really needs to have free hands." Nevertheless, achieving greater independence from the United States will be hard. Oliver Doerre, CEO of Hensoldt, a German defence ...

The German parliament's commissioner for the armed forces urged a rapid rebuilding of the country's registration system for possible military conscription in an annual report released on Tuesday.

In Berlin, it kickstarted the period known in German as the “Zeitenwende” – or “turning point.” In effect, it was the beginning of the effort to step up military spending once again.

An official report on the state of the German military painted a grim picture on ... Under Högl's vision, both young men and women would be obligated to do a "social year" — for some this ...