At higher echelons, battalion and division-level comparisons reveal contrasts in logistics, unit composition, and strategic ...

In the late 1980s, East and West German tank platoons displayed notable differences in organization and crew composition. West German platoons generally consisted of 4 tanks crewed by 4 men each, ...

Germany's far-right party is dominating polls in the country's eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23 — and economic concerns have played a part in its popularity.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...