After Nazi Germany collapsed, thousands of defeated German speaking veterans faced prison camps, ruined cities, and no clear future, and many found an escape in the French Foreign Legion. This video ...

Germany is marking its first ever Veterans Day with a series of events in Berlin and across the country. Elsewhere, Bayern Munich get their Club World Cup campaign underway in the United States. DW ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense, takes part in a meeting with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. The minister is in ...

Soon the country’s armed forces budget could exceed those of Britain and France combined. In Paris, there are concerns that ...

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Roger Giraud, commander of Medical Readiness Command, Europe and command surgeon for U.S. Army Europe and ...

In a changed world, Germany’s government is trying to recruit more soldiers. A first step? Getting citizens to appreciate their military again. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Like ...

On June 15, Germany held its first-ever national Veterans Day—a sinister milestone in the return of German militarism. Under the patronage of the federal government and the Bundeswehr (Armed Forces), ...

German soldiers operating under Multinational Battle Group-East conduct an air infiltration exercise as part of a larger two-day operation deemed Operation Sharp Griffin, May 6, 2016, on Orahovac ...

Harry, 40, was taking part in a poignant commemoration in the German city of Berlin on Sunday, June 15 Simon Perry is a writer and correspondent at PEOPLE. He has more than 25 years’ experience at ...