  the german army () is the land component of the armed forces of the federal republic of germany. the german army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed west german bundeswehr along with the marine (navy) and the luftwaffe (air force). as of october 2014, the german army has a strength of 61,347 soldiers. ==history== ===overview=== a german army, equipped, organized and trained following a single doctrine, and permanently unified under one command dates from 1871, and the unification of germany under the leadership of prussia. from 1871 to 1919 the title deutsches heer (german army) was the official name of the german land forces. following the german defeat in world war i and the end of the german empire the name army dissolved. from 1921 to 1935 the name of the german land forces was reichsheer (army of the realm) and from 1935 to 1945 the name heer was used. the heer was one of two ground forces of the third reich during world war ii, but unlike the heer the waffen ss was not a branch of the wehrmacht. the heer ceased to exist in 1945. after world war ii g
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