German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is investing billions in European and international systems, from Czech pistols to US ...

As young men face new rules forcing them to indicate their readiness to serve, the Bundeswehr drums up support at a trade show ...

“The Bundeswehr, the army that I am allowed to lead, is more or less depleted,” wrote General Alfons Mais, chief of the German army, on the day Russia attacked Ukraine, in an emotional post on social ...

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) ...

The German army has been rocked by widening revelations about far-right sympathizers in its ranks and a lingering devotion to the Nazi-era Wehrmacht. So how does the Bundeswehr deal with its history?

MUNICH, Germany -- Soldiers from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade and 7th Army Training Command united with Bundeswehr allies for a dynamic celebration of German military capability held June 17 in ...

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius plans to attract more voluntary recruits to the German Armed Forces rather than bringing back conscription quickly. DW visited a recruitment center in the eastern city ...

Last September, while Ukrainian troops were battling pro-Russian separatists on the eastern edges of Europe, a German battalion participated in a NATO exercise in Norway. They didn’t have any weapons ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision late last month to increase German defense spending to 2 percent of GDP and kick the increase off with a €100 billion (roughly $110 billion) spending spree ...

Google has announced that the US company will provide cloud instances for the German Armed Forces via BWI GmbH. Two new cloud instances are to be created for the armed forces by the end of 2027. BWI ...