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Originally Posted by dyna mo
Having called for "unconditional surrender" by the Germans, the Allies forbade Germany from fielding a standing army. And to protect against the rise of another power against Germany, and to ensure that Germany did not violate the military strictures imposed, the U.S. -- under the banner of the newly created North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- stationed as many as 500,000 troops in Europe with the largest contingents in Germany.
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welcome to 1945
just an update - the only US troops in Germany today (like in Ramstein) are for their wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
there are no US troops in Germany to protect anybody from anyone since the 1990ties
and Germany has a full blown army, navy and airforce since 1958