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Federal defense forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities since 1955
Only one NATO member — Germany — has publicly announced a specific, finalized small contingent and a narrow timeline for deployment to Greenland: a 13-strong Bundeswehr reconnaissance team to Nuuk, ar...
European NATO members have begun moving military personnel and assets to Greenland in the wake of provocative U.S. rhetoric about acquiring the territory, with Germany confirming a 13-strong reconnais...
Germany is rapidly expanding its defence posture in response to perceived Russian threats: Berlin plans a defence budget of about €108.2 billion in 2026 and is executing large-scale contingency planni...
Cases where service members refused unlawful or manifestly illegal orders range from battlefield refusals during My Lai to high-profile modern refusals to deploy; outcomes vary from acquittals and cle...
Germany’s defense-industrial base is a mix of a few large “systems providers” and many specialised SMEs that together make the country Europe’s second‑tier power in armaments, driven by exports, recen...
The only German naval ship that the provided reporting documents as having made a confirmed port call in Greenland is the replenishment/supply ship EGV Berlin, which visited Nuuk on August 16, 2025 . ...
Denmark has ordered an immediate increase in military activity in and around Greenland, inviting small reconnaissance and exercise contingents from several European NATO allies including France, Germa...
A multinational NATO deployment in Greenland would be a Denmark-led, largely symbolic and practical augmentation of Arctic defenses — small, rotational contingents focused on surveillance, exercises a...