The New Army. Franz Josef Strauss first caught the ... Strauss became Minister for Atomic Affairs and deputy chairman of the West German Defense Council. He was in a fine position to wage war ...

Last week, in an interview with the military analyst of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Strauss revealed that West Germany plans to provide NATO with an army of only 195,000 to 200,000 by the ...

Furthermore, Fidorra believed sharing military knowledge at West Point would allow the 23 German officers to build their leadership skills and return to Germany with greater awareness of how their ...

Sponsor Message The Leopard 2 was originally designed in the 1970s for the West German army in response to Soviet threats during the Cold War. They are built to move quickly over a variety of ...

The law was passed in 2021 after a study commissioned by the defense ministry and presented in 2020 documented “systematic discrimination” in the Bundeswehr — the military of West Germany ...