Tag: Bundeswehr
Criticism from Bundeswehr soldiers: Local forces left behind without protection?
Status: 08/14/2021 01:05 a.m. Thousands of Afghans helped the Bundeswehr as interpreters, cooks and informants. After the troops have withdrawn, the local staff now have to fear for their lives.…
Aid from the Bundeswehr: 900 soldiers deployed in floods
Status: 07/16/2021 4:33 p.m. The damage is great, the clean-up work is only just beginning and people still need to be rescued. The Bundeswehr is taking part with several hundred…
Space command of the Bundeswehr: more perspective in space
Status: 07/13/2021 4:18 a.m. Defense Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer officially activated the Bundeswehr’s “space command” today. That sounds like “Star Wars” and science fiction. But what exactly is behind it? From Kai…
Bundeswehr: What Afghanistan teaches for the Mali mission
analysis Status: 07/07/2021 3:46 a.m. The Bundeswehr has left Afghanistan and its mission is continuing in Mali. Today the troops are again in command of the EUTM mission. What does…
Bundeswehr withdrawal from Afghanistan: how Germany thanks the soldiers – politics
Politicians in Germany are still struggling to find an appropriate framework for the end of the Afghanistan mission after almost 20 years. Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU) is now planning…
After the withdrawal of the Bundeswehr: Afghan local forces on their own
Status: 02.07.2021 5:07 p.m. “We will not let you down” – was the promise made by the German government to the Afghan armed forces. But there are doubts about that:…
Bundeswehr: Berlin orders five Boeing maritime patrol planes
Status: 01.07.2021 10:42 a.m. The German Navy is to get five new maritime patrol aircraft of the type Boeing P-8A Poseidon. According to the Ministry of Defense, the costs are…
Troop withdrawal: last Bundeswehr soldiers leave Afghanistan – politics
For security reasons, the Bundeswehr kept the date a secret until the end: the last German transport machine with material and soldiers left Afghanistan late on Tuesday evening. She was…
End of the Afghanistan mission: the Bundeswehr flies out the last soldiers
Status: 29.06.2021 10:36 p.m. The Bundeswehr has ended its mission in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defense announced that the last soldiers have left the area of operation. This ends the…
Bundeswehr soldiers injured in Mali: second plane landed with wounded
As of: 27.06.2021 02:20 a.m. The second plane with injured Bundeswehr soldiers from Mali has landed in Stuttgart. The first machine arrived in Cologne yesterday. All twelve German soldiers wounded…