Germany sets up military division dedicated to territorial defence


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  • Saturday, 11 Jan 2025

FILE PHOTO: German army servicemen participate in the Quadriga 2024 military exercise in Pabrade, Lithuania May 29, 2024. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - The German military will establish a new division tasked exclusively with territorial defence, the army said on Saturday, bringing all existing reserve units under direct army command.

The reorganization will take effect in April and raise the number of German divisions - units of some 20,000 troops - to four without increasing the total number of around 180,000 soldiers in the German forces.

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