Is Germany still a military force?
474481
no. altho they do have one. i think w/ the WW2 treaties it limits them.
99337
Pretty good\nSee this list of facts\nhttp://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/politics/german_us/facts.html
647225
As far as I know we had no special police, unlike in Germany. Until 1944 everything was ’relatively’ normal, but when the Soviet army approached the country, the Hungarian fascists (they called themselves ’bowmen’) took over the power with German support and introduced military governing. It was only the communist party that created a special force called ÁVH (State Security Office) after the war.
1000018
I do not understand your question? I know the 4th Division was in Germany from 1951 to 1956. That is about it
1056084
Dude...yes they do. No rational modern armed force in the world would be caught dead without at least some semblance of air power. Why you would not know may be due to the fact that their force is not that powerful...the last update on them said that they had about 30-so jet fighters and helicopters and a bunch of transport planes. Weak forces like this rarely do anything of major impact especially since not much happens to threaten Mexican security, thus reducing public visibility.
179497
It depends on which Germany you are talking about because at this time, Germany was divided in two following the Occupation after World War II.  The part of Germany that had been occupied by Soviet forces became East Germany and was a Communist-controlled satellite state of the Soviet Union (as were the other Eastern Bloc countries like Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria etc).  West Germany was allied to the United States and Great Britain and was a democracy.  \n\nSo what Stalin wanted from East Germany was for it to remain under Soviet control and to act in concert with Russia on the world stage in the UN and such.  From West Germany, I suppose they wanted West Germany to leave Russia alone and ideally for it to also fall into the USSR's orbit and control.\n\nThe ultimate goal was for Germany never to be able to threaten the USSR with attack and domination again, or even to be a meaningful competitor after the experience of World War II.
89410
http://www.germany-info.org/ \n\nTons of information here. It is always updated.
1187168
Its doubtful.\n\nIn 1944 the German military was far from being a spent force and fought hard along the whole line of advance. Also the D-Day landings were only part of the issue as to properly equip and maintain the invasion forces you had to have a working port, which is why the British pushed quickly north and fought so hard to capture Antwerp. \n\nIt was only then that Motgomery and Patton could get the basic supplies they needed to push forward without over extending supply lines, so there was a strong logistics hold up.\n\nThe third element was Hitlers last gasp attempt to break the allies in the Battle of the Bulge, which no-one expected. Whilst ultimately defeated that German attack set the war plans back at least two months whilst units were rested and re-cycled into and out of the battle zone.\n\nIt is also true that Patton and Montgomery were halted before the wars end so that the Russians could take Berlin. This was against the advice and wishes of Churchill who could see what was going to happen. lke however didnt want the casualties associated with street fighting in the German capital.
1129290
I don't think there is a West Germany anymore. I seem to have this traumatic memory of David Hasselhoff standing on some wall and attempting to sing... then the wall was taken down...\n\nWho the hell ever told Knight Rider that he could sing?\n\n\nOf  course, maybe if we had just stayed in Iraq after the Gulf War, like we stayed in Germany after WWII, we wouldn't be in the same mess we're in now. So much for letting the UN handle shit like Saddamn.
1169298
In the world community? Not really, and it is hard not to blame them. Lets face facts, the last time a large country basically took over a smaller country based on propaganda lies was Germany in 1938 when they invaded Poland. Anybody want to debate whether Germany was the Bad guy then? Well, the world sees us as the bad guy now and they are not wrong. The truly sad thing is that troops are not the bad guys, the Bush Administration is. But it is the innocent that always does the dying and the Bush guys just keep on lying.
301947
Deutschland aka Germany
877701
yes they do and there army is equipped with material that is state of the art.  They mostly operated in coordination with the Belgium army  ( Korea, SFOR,IFOR, etc) .  For the moment they do have troops in Afghanistan and I belief also in Lebanon
5340
According to the terms of their surrender to end World War 2, they had to dismantle their armed forces.  They have since recreated sort of a home guard service to provide a defense, but they are not allowed to have offensive capabilities.
106288
We are about as empowered as Germans were after 1933.\nTo me, the 9/11 was our Reichstag fire.  Maybe we can take our country back.  Maybe.
14574
I think that we will have a military prescence in those two countries for many years to come.  Look at Germany and Japan. 60 years after the end of WWII and we still have forces in those two countries.
1072603
Same as Germany 50 years ago.\n\nFor those that don't have the knowledge:\n50 years ago Germany was a postwar country trying to rebuild. Not only the world in and around them but also self image.
1079334
i think germany might slip by.