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

A German mother sheltered three lost American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge—and did the same for German soldiers hours later.

During the darkest nights of the Second World War, when the sky over Eastern Europe was filled with danger, a small group of pilots became legends. They were young women, many barely out of their ...

Bill and Renee Stegemerten attend a farewell gathering at Panzer Kaserne in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 31, 2025. They had ...

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

While interviewing Malian refugees about alleged abuses by Russia’s newly deployed Africa Corps military unit, West Africa correspondent Monika Pronczuk ...

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

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

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

“He is joining us after leaving the military service in Europe,” the announcer says. Team members start to look around, ...

In France, between 1941 and 1945, around 200,000 children are estimated to have been born from a union between a French woman ...

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