Germany is unlocking billions to supercharge its military at a seismic moment for Europe

Germany, abandoned by its American protector, prepares to take defense into its own hands

'Europeans, war and peace' (Part 3 of 7). In Germany, only the radical left and the far right continue to claim a pacifism that was once widely shared.

The business with the war is booming. The German-French armaments company KNDS receives significantly more orders than in the previous year. Sales and profit are also improving. This year the company could go on the stock exchange.

Can Europe confront Russia without US help? Not yet, but it may have to.

Facing American indifference to European security, Germany has launched a major rearmament drive. But without U.S. help, can Europe defend itself?

Governments throughout Europe are investing in their armed forces. What else are they doing, apart from increasing military spending, to prepare for the emergency?

Poland calls on Washington to deploy nuclear weapons on its territory and activates a military education plan for about 100,000 men a year. Germany amends its Constitution to raise defence spending above the limits it has set so far in its own fiscal discipline. Baltic countries and Poland depart from the Ottawa Convention with the aim of re-deployment of anti-personnel mines on its border with Russia. Re-implantation of compulsory military serv…

Europe and Germany are expanding. With the debt packages, the industry is also hoping for orders from the Bundeswehr. Vehicles from Mercedes-Benz and MAN have been in use here for a long time. But how big are the opportunities really – and what are the risks?