Germany has launched an anguished and widening debate over proposals to reintroduce the Iron Cross – virtually in its original form – as a military decoration that could be awarded throughout ...

First, easy on the triumphalism. If one thing foreign policy experts instinctively know, it is that you cannot trust Germany. The French found that out in the 1860s, as did Stalin in 1941.

To their commander went the last German decoration of World War II: diamonds for the oak leaves (with swords) on his Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The voice continued : ...

The German armed forces sport an Iron Cross symbol on their hardware - but the medal itself has been shunned since World War II. The defence ministry said it had no plans to bring back the Iron Cross.

A film chronicling Hitler's final days has reminded Germany of the 12-year-old awarded the Iron Cross by the Fuhrer. Sixty years on, Alfred Czech has no regrets about his part in the war. Tony ...

GERMANY needs an "Iron Dome" defence system against possible missile attacks from Russia, a German political party says. By Jon King. 14:35, Tue, Jul 19, 2022 | UPDATED: 14:36, Tue, Jul 19, 2022.

The cross at issue in the viral video is neither a modern-era German Iron Cross nor the simple cross used as an indicator by the Ukrainian army.

Güenter Brixius's Iron Cross was found by Welsh farmers after his plane crashed in 1942. ... A German pilot's World War Two medal has been returned to his family more than 80 years after his death.