German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has sparked a debate by suggesting the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service in the country. Pistorius, in an interview with Germany’s Die Welt newspaper on Saturday, stated that the suspension of compulsory military service, which took effect on July 1, 2011, was a mistake, despite the reasons that led to its discontinuation at the time. “I’m... 

Photo of German prisoners rounded up by US Airborne troops in Ruhr A retired officer in the US army has apologized to the German army for the mass deaths of German prisoners in US army camps after World War Two. Following extensive private investigations in the US and Germany, Merrit P. Drucker has sent an e-mail to Lt. Col. Max Klaar, head of the Verband der deutscher Soldaten (German Veterans’...