Germany must be ready for war in 5 years – leader

The commander of the Hamburg regional command, navy captain Michael Giess, said that all of Germany must be ready for a military conflict in 5 years.

Source: Giss in an interview with the publication The world“European reality“

Details: Giess noted that for 30 years after the end of the Cold War and the division of Germany, the inhabitants of Germany wanted to enjoy “peace of peace” and today in Germany the population is still far from perceives an external threat.

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“But my internal clock as a soldier is fighting and telling me that we should be socially resilient in five years to resist the external military threat,” said the leader.

In response to a question about whether Germany’s largest seaport, Hamburg, should be ready for war, Giess noted that “the whole of Germany must be ready for war. “

“This is a big collective challenge for politics, the Bundeswehr, business and society in general.

Due to its geographical location in Europe, Germany is a practice point, a country through which NATO units are marching towards the east. Germany’s largest seaport will play a natural role in this,” explained Giess.

After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Bundeswehr began developing the “German Operation Plan” the following March. draft of a confidential document measuring about 1,000 pages, it was available in March 2024.

In developing the plan, the starting point is the idea that Russia will have the ability to attack NATO members in five years.

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said it was necessary be ready to fight until 2029.