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German Army

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Size31 December 2018
MottoSchützen, helfen, vermitteln, kämpfen; (To protect, help, moderate, and fight)
Founded1955
Inspector General Eberhard Zorn
Engagements War in Afghanistan
Kosovo War
Current commanders Hans-Otto Budde
Werner Freers
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID405625
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About German Army


The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine and the Luftwaffe. As of 31 December 2018, the German Army had a strength of 61,946 soldiers.

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... Why do the clocks change? Well, " during World War One, the German Army turned the clocks forward as a way of conserving energy...

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... Why do the clocks change? Well, " during World War One, the German Army turned the clocks forward as a way of conserving energy...

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... With World War Two still casting a long shadow, she describes being on tour in the Netherlands in 1940 when she saw the German Army " landing by parachute"...

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