Bundeswehr ranks 1955 - present

Bundeswehr uniforms 1955 - present

The cold war 1955 - 1990

It all started in 1955, with a regulated 100.000 soldiers, and needed to gain trust in the world because of their boisterous history. Trust, a difficult element but also the most interesting part of the resurrection of the German army. The world carefully followed the new army on each step they took, how was it formed, how did they act, did they follow all regulations prescribed, etc. Keep in mind that the Bundeswehr partly existed out of men who also served the Wehrmacht a decade ago.