British soldiers read a map in the trenches of the Western Front during World War One. The trenches were dug out of the mud of the battlefields and lined with wood and barbed wire. Watch this ...

Some people faced the danger of German bombing raids ... used to make sandbags to fortify trench defence, and rucksacks to hold soldiers belongings and military supplies. As a result orders ...

In 1945, the Swiss Army Knife came to America in a major way when the U.S. Army ordered it for Post Exchange stores, and soldiers in Europe took them home as souvenirs after World War II. In 1977, the ...

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In all, more than 500,000 tons of chemical gas agents were used in World War I. Some 500,000 troops were injured and some 30,000 died, including 2,000 American troops.

An official report on the state of the German military painted a grim picture on Tuesday, with a whopping 28% of positions among the lower enlisted ranks unfilled as of the end of 2024.

Germany's Nancy Faeser had planned to visit Damascus with Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner, and a German military plane was supposed to fly Faeser's delegation into Syria from Jordan on ...

From an economic perspective, the CDU, the SPD and Greens are making a permanent commitment to military Keynesianism. Whatever form the next German government takes, it could use debt-financed fiscal ...

While German industry gears up to transform the army, the chancellor-in-waiting is also making a pitch to return German leadership to the heart of Europe. Mr Merz has also shown some signs that he ...

AFP FRANKFURT: German police shot a 26-year-old Afghan man who threatened them with a knife on Friday near the eastern city of Magdeburg and he died later of his injuries. Police said in a ...