He told us Germany needs an extra 100,000 troops to defend itself and Nato's eastern flank adequately - a total of 460,000, ...

Verdun was one of the most savagely fought battles of World War One. The Germans fired ... that the war could only be won on the Western Front. Britain was Germany’s most formidable military ...

Germany had conscription for all men until 2011 "You won't get this 100,000 without one or other model of conscription," the general said. "We don't have to determine now what model brings them.