These roles allowed women to bypass the combat taboo. Yet they were still regarded as temporary, effectively excluding them ...

By the final year of the war, Germany’s armed forces no longer shared a single identity. The Waffen-SS had become a ...

Widespread protests across Germany are a sign that the new military conscription legislation will face fierce noncooperation.

Head of the Bundestag defense committee Thomas Rowekamp said that 20,000-30,000 servicemen leave the active army every year ...

Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s tricky in a country where the Nazi era casts a long shadow. By Christopher ...

Peter Kindred grew up in a farmhouse stuffed with World War Two arms and explosives. His father's Home Guard uniform was ...

Germany is to send troops to Poland's eastern border in an effort to strengthen NATO's eastern flank. Meanwhile, Berlin has ...

A number of European countries have reintroduced conscription or a form of incentivised military service for their young ...

As America soon celebrates its 250th anniversary, it would be wise to look back to understand what allowed ait to become ...

German lawmakers have approved the government’s plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed ...

BERLIN — German lawmakers on Friday approved the government's plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the ...

Gorski’s violin speaks of a life marked by historical turmoil and survival, as he reflected on a journey from a war-torn ...