Little Boy, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, had a yield of 15 kilotons, or the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT.Fat Man, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, had a yield of 21 kilotons. These ...

Recently disclosed US and German military files reveal West Germany's plans to procure and deploy chemical weapons in the 1960s, contradicting longstanding government denials.

When West Germany joined NATO, it was not at war with East Germany and both entities had been recognized as individual states in 1949, said M.E. Sarotte, author of a diplomatic history, “Not One ...

German authorities have been tracking down the last-remaining members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), a now-defunct Cold War-era militant group, who have been on the run for nearly 30 years.