Berlin and Vilnius agreed to a roadmap action plan that called for the stationing of thousands of foreign troops in Lithuania. Now, Germany plans to station 105 main battle tanks (MBTs) in Lithuania.

Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment abroad since World War II.

The deployment demonstrates Germany’s willingness to take a leading role in the conventional defense of Europe with Brig ... to the Soviet Union after World War II under the Potsdam Agreement.

But already last month, the two sides pushed plans through ... what have been post-World War II Germany’s traditional big parties, but the Union’s election-winning performance in February ...

German Parties Agree to Form a New Government After Months of Drift in Europe's Biggest Economy BERLIN ... Last month, it pushed plans through parliament to enable higher defense spending by ...