Story on Gen. Carsten Breuer in Lithuania for the Wall Street Journal, USA | Patrick Wack
In September 2025, on assignment in Lithuania for the Wall Street Journal, photographer Patrick Wack followed Gen. Carsten Breuer, Germany’s highest ranking officer, in his inspection of the German troops based in the Baltic. The troops are the first ones permanently based abroad since World War II. Titled “A German General Prepares his Country for War - The Clock is Ticking” the story has been published as a large double page piece in the print version, alongside the words of WSJ’s world coverage chief Gordon Fairclough. A larger version of the story is available online.
On the image - September 11, 2025. Lithuania. Bundeswehr Joint Support Headquarters’ Brave Blue exercise, Gen. Carsten Breuer (middle) being briefed by Oberst Christoph Schladt (left) and his staff .