Hans-Peter Bartels, parliamentary commissioner for the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) attends an interview with Reuters in Berlin, Germany, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's armed forces can be proud of their post-war achievements, the defence minister said on Tuesday, responding to a series of scandals involving far-right sympathisers in the Bundeswehr army's ranks.
The Bundeswehr, founded in the 1950s as West Germany's democratically-controlled army in contrast to the Nazi-era Wehrmacht, is heavily involved in peacekeeping and training missions abroad and has fully integrated women, she said.
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