The North Atlantic Treaty Organization wants Germany to contribute as many as 40,000 more troops for the alliance’s defense ...

Germany is deploying soldiers beyond its border, moving troops into Lithuania to defend its European neighbor.

Germany and its NATO partners are prepared to defend every inch of the alliance's territory, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said ...

Germany will station 5,000 troops in Lithuania by 2027, marking its first permanent foreign deployment since WWII. The ...

Germany returns to deploying troops abroad for the first time since World War II. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited ...

“This is a day of trust, responsibility and action.” German brigade to be at full strength in 2027 Germany has had troops in Lithuania — which borders Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has inaugurated a groundbreaking German brigade in Lithuania that is meant to help protect NATO’s ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has traveled to NATO partner Lithuania to inaugurate a German brigade meant to protect the ...

A German brigade has started operations in Lithuania, a NATO state that borders part of Russia. It's the first time Germany has put troops in another country on a long-term basis since World War II.

Crucial infrastructure is still being built: In the Rudninkai military training area ... The Bundeswehr has been deployed in Lithuania since 2017. Germany took over the leadership of the ...

Some 400 German military staff personnel have ... conventional army," Merz said. Since 2017, Germany has led a multi-national battle group in Lithuania, one of four such combat units set up ...