Western allies have sought post-war German rearmament before. While German defence spending has been miserly for decades, it ...

Russia has issued a sharp rebuke to Germany, invoking its Nazi past and warning against its large-scale rearmament and NATO’s expansion. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the military ...

Once the pride of the nation, Germany’s car industry is reeling from an annus horribilis of poor sales, job losses and the threat of unprecedented factory closures.

Hitler did not refer specifically to the trade war he had launched that afternoon, just as he did not mention the rearmament plans he had discussed with his cabinet the previous day.

German leaders intend to ramp up defense spending and build the most powerful armed forces in Europe, but shadows of World ...