The "Bundeswehr" is the unified armed forces of Germany. It consist of 4 branches including: the Heer (Army), Marine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force), Streitkraftebasis (Joint support service) and the Zentraker Sanitatsdrenst (Joint Medical Service). Bundeswehr was established on Nov. 12th 1955, the most important feature was their orientation as citizen defenders of a democratic state.
After the cold war responsibility for the security of Germany as a whole was rested with the four allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union. Since the 1990s Germanys armed forces have become much more involved in international operations such as Afghanistan during Operation Endure Freedom to assist the US military and were also involved in Kosovo as well. A major event for the German armed forces was in 2011 when they had to cut down on the number of military bases as well as the number of soldiers. This even is often criticized by other countries including the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundeswehr#German_Reunification_1990
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