The Bundeswehr is a unique large-scale organisation. It has more than 260,000 personnel, including women and men in uniform as well as civilian staff. More
The Bundeswehr is a unique large-scale organisation. It has more than 260,000 personnel, including women and men in uniform as well as civilian staff. Direkt zu:
The German Air Force has been shaped by a history of more than six decades. During this time, the Bundeswehr and its air forces have had to face a number of challenges – ranging from aid flights, combat operations and the Starfighter crisis to counterterrorism measures.
The Bundeswehr has more than 260,000 personnel, including women and men in uniform as well as civilian staff. Together, they often carry out dangerous duties at home and abroad. Operations are always based on political mandates.
The Bundeswehr has successfully monitored maritime areas, participated in training missions, provided logistic and medical support, and conducted combat operations. The Bundeswehr has now completed almost 50 operations abroad.
Defence is the Bundeswehr’s most important mission. While national defence focusses on protecting the population in Germany, the Bundeswehr also engages in collective defence in close cooperation with other countries’ armed forces – which may sometimes involve combat on these countries’ territory.
The Bundeswehr not only protects Germany and German citizens in a state of tension or defence. The Bundeswehr’s International Disaster Assistance German military personnel provide relief worldwide when people are in need due to natural disasters, serious accidents or epidemics.
The history of the German Army is a key element of the Bundeswehr’s history. Since 1950, when the “Blank Office” was founded, the German Army as the largest armed service has undergone many reforms as a result of changes in foreign and security policy.