We have to ensure the protection, freedom and security ... eschewed the permanent stationing of military personnel abroad following WWII. Currently, 150 German soldiers are deployed in the country.

It is within this context that, one day in 2004, I had the idea to photograph World War II veterans ... shattered the German front lines and marked the largest defeat in German military history.

which has leaned away from heavy defense actions and spending since World War II. But Germany's defense spending has grown since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and German ...

This marks the first time soldiers from the country will be on a permanent foreign deployment since World War II. "We have a ... 45th Armored Brigade, the German military's lobbying group, was ...