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How Germany Rearmed After WWII

...and why the ghosts of the past still haunt its military today

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Katja Hoyer
Apr 26, 2026
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West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer visiting for the first time the newly established Bundeswehr, January 1956. Img: Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1998-006-34 / Wolf, Helmut J. / CC-BY-SA 3.0

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