FILE - In this Oct. 18, 1977 file photo the first freed hostages step down the gangway after landing at Frankfurt am Main's airport, in West Germany. Ulrich Wegener, the commander of the German ...
The Brandenburgers specialized in missions that seemed impossible. During some of their most daring operations, they ...
A German submarine operates beneath the frozen Arctic surface, preparing for a high-risk commando deployment. As the hatch ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's elite KSK commando unit issued a rare statement on Friday to signal its disapproval over the release of an Afghan it had detained for taking part in a deadly raid on ...
October 9, 2008: Germany is pulling its commandos out of Afghanistan. The KSK commandos have been there for most of the last seven years. Many Germans, especially leftist politicians and journalists, ...