BERLIN — Germany aims to rely less on the U.S. and more on Europe to deter the growing Russian threat, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius spelled out Wednesday when announcing the country's new military ...

ON A PLANE to Düsseldorf recently Carsten Breuer, the head of Germany’s armed forces, met a passenger who wanted to thank him and his troops for their service. It is a scene he might once have ...

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The sign in the window of the German army’s storefront career center in downtown Berlin suggested it would be open all afternoon for inquiries about joining the armed forces, or Bundeswehr. But the ...

As young men face new rules forcing them to indicate their readiness to serve, the Bundeswehr drums up support at a trade show Sitting in the cramped interior of a Panzerhaubitze 2000 armoured vehicle ...

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is investing billions in European and international systems, from Czech pistols to US fighter jets. Why are those weapons not being purchased from German ...

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Recruits attend a tank destruction exercise in the field at the Westfalen-Kaserne barracks of the German armed forces in Ahlen, western Germany on Nov. 13, 2025. (Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images) ...

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius addresses guests during the BDI Space Congress 2025 on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin, Germany. (John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images) BERLIN — Germany will invest ...