In the tense early years of the Cold War, governments around the world were frantically making plans about what to do in the ...

Despite its division and unhappy role as the border between nuclear armed rivals during the Cold War, West Germany became a NATO member in 1955, benefiting from the alliance’s protection ...

Germany is one of several NATO countries that host U.S. nuclear weapons, and domestic opposition to such deployments stretches back to when then-West Germany was a front-line state during the Cold ...

Also, the precision of modern weapons is "so great that a direct hit could destroy any kind of shelter." The magazine noted how during the Cold War, West Germany had around 2,000 bunkers, 579 of ...

Compared with the threat of a Soviet invasion of West Germany, assisted by a communist fifth column from within, the chances of a Nazi resurgence were slim to nonexistent.” ...

West Germany was accepted as a member of NATO in 1955 and began to reestablish its military—an ... During the 13-day ... Discover More Stories About the Cold War: Home / WAR. ABOUT; CONTACT US; ...

At the end of the Second World War in 1945, Germany was on the cusp of facing another bout of unrest. Over the next decade-and-a-half, political, social and economic factors resulted in the ...