41.  Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping was in Djibouti on Wednesday on a trip to visit German naval forces deployed in the U.S.-led war on terrorism.

42.  Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping was in Djibouti on Wednesday on a trip to visit German naval forces deployed off the Horn of Africa in the anti-terror campaign.

43.  Documents recently made public show that the collaborationist Vichy government and occupying German forces systematically confiscated the belongings of the deported Jews.

44.  During WWII, the auxiliaries protected bridges and the shoreline from invasion by German forces.

45.  Emperor Akihito thanked German President Roman Herzog on Monday for the role German forces played in evacuating a handful of Japanese citizens from Albania last month.

46.  Finally, the Allies attacked midway against the salient, passing up the chance to surround the German force.

47.  For the first time since World War II, German forces are to be deployed in potential combat roles.

48.  German forces were deployed as supply troops in Somalia last year, but the Bosnia action would be their first deployment in a combat situation.

49.  German forces were rolling into Prizren when sniper fire crackled from the hills and houses along the route.

50.  German companies are to pay for the restoration of the Ascension Church in the northwest Russian city of Novgorod, destroyed by German forces during World War II.