Bundeswehr

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The Bundeswehr is the unified armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, established in 1955 as a modern, democratically controlled military.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
commanderInChief President of Germany
surface form: Federal President of Germany
conscriptionStatus conscription suspended in 2011
controlledBy Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
coreMission collective defense within NATO
homeland security support
international crisis management
national defense of Germany
country Germany
dayToDayCommander Federal Minister of Defence
foundingContext rearmament of West Germany after World War II
governedBy Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
hasCommanderRole Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
hasPart Cyber and Information Domain Service (Germany)
German Air Force
German Army
German Navy
Joint Medical Service (Germany)
Joint Support Service (Germany)
headquartersLocation Berlin
Bonn
inception 1955
inceptionDate 1955-11-12
legalForm federal institution under public law
memberOf NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
militaryAge voluntary service from age 17
militaryDoctrine Innere Führung
motto Wir. Dienen. Deutschland.
notableOperation EUTM Mali
International Security Assistance Force
surface form: ISAF mission in Afghanistan

KFOR mission in Kosovo
surface form: KFOR in Kosovo

UNIFIL off the coast of Lebanon
officialName Bundeswehr self-link
Bundeswehr self-linksurface differs
surface form: Streitkräfte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
operatesIn Germany
international missions abroad
participatesIn EU Battlegroups
NATO Response Force
partOf NATO
precededBy no direct predecessor in West Germany
primaryLanguage German
replaced Nationale Volksarmee
replaces Nationale Volksarmee after German reunification
serviceBranch Cyber- und Informationsraum
Heer
German Air Force
surface form: Luftwaffe

Marine
Streitkräftebasis
Zentraler Sanitätsdienst
subordinateTo Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
typeOfForces professional military

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ZSanDstBw partOf Bundeswehr
CIR partOf Bundeswehr
subject surface form: Cyber and Information Domain Service
Zentrum Cyber-Operationen partOf Bundeswehr
Zentrum Informationsarbeit Bundeswehr partOf Bundeswehr
this entity surface form: Streitkräfte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Zentrum Operative Kommunikation der Bundeswehr partOf Bundeswehr
this entity surface form: Streitkräfte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
citizen in uniform (Staatsbürger in Uniform) appliesTo Bundeswehr
subject surface form: citizen in uniform
this entity surface form: Bundeswehr soldiers
citizen in uniform (Staatsbürger in Uniform) developedFor Bundeswehr
subject surface form: citizen in uniform
Büchel Air Base partOf Bundeswehr
Air Transport Wing 62 operatedBy Bundeswehr
Air Transport Wing 63 allegiance Bundeswehr