{"id":261693,"date":"2022-11-27T07:52:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T07:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261693"},"modified":"2022-11-29T08:18:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T08:18:41","slug":"german-military-preparing-for-potential-war-with-russia-leaked-internal-report-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261693","title":{"rendered":"German military preparing for potential war with Russia, leaked internal report reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Ben Norton \u2013 MR Online Nov 26, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Germany\u2019s top newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2Y8iM\"><em>Der Spiegel<\/em> obtained a leaked confidential strategy<\/a> paper that reveals the country\u2019s military is preparing for a potential war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The German military, the Bundeswehr, released the secret 68-page document internally in September.<\/p>\n<p>The Bundeswehr chief, Inspector General Eberhard Zorn, warned that Germany could be attacked, and he proposed plans for a future armed conflict with Russia.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/toyPvPg7Yaw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>The report claims that Germany faces \u201cexistential\u201d threats.<\/p>\n<p>The document opens stating, \u201cWar in Europe is a reality again.\u201d\u00a0It predicts that the most likely scenario would be a conflict with Russia on NATO\u2019s eastern flank.<\/p>\n<p>Der Spiegel noted that the strategy paper stresses the need for \u201cdeterrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past few decades, the German military has focused on small, specialized units, but this report says the armed forces will now prioritize training large units that are always ready for war.<\/p>\n<p>The document reaffirms the Bundeswehr\u2019s commitment to the U.S.-led NATO cartel, but also makes it clear that Berlin is beginning to consider its own strategic autonomy independent of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Der Spiegel summarized the document as an outline for a \u201cmega-reform\u201d of the armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The Germany newspaper has not translated the article into English, and the striking report got almost no coverage in the English-language press.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Germany plans to become world\u2019s third-biggest military spender<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>As a member of NATO and the de facto leader of the European Union, Germany has played a significant role in the Western <a href=\"https:\/\/multipolarista.com\/2022\/08\/30\/us-ukraine-military-aid-proxy\/\">proxy war on Russia<\/a> that began in 2014, when a U.S.-sponsored coup d\u2019etat violently overthrew Ukraine\u2019s democratically elected neutral government and installed a staunchly anti-Russian, pro-Western regime.<\/p>\n<p>This U.S.-backed putsch set off a civil war in Ukraine. In an attempt to end the violence, Germany and France helped Ukraine negotiate the Minsk II accord with Russia in 2015. Berlin was supposed to guarantee that Kiev implemented the agreement, but Ukraine refused to do so\u2014and Washington discouraged it from meeting its political obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Germany and France were generally seen as less hawkish against Russia than the United States. But when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the situation changed completely.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the escalation of the proxy war as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/olaf-scholz-maps-out-response-to-europes-turning-point\/a-62958853\">turning point<\/a>\u201d for Europe. His government promptly embarked on the first substantial re-militarization of the country since the end of the first cold war.<\/p>\n<p>Scholz announced his administration would create a \u20ac100 billion \u201cspecial defense fund,\u201d in addition to the ballooning German military budget of \u20ac50 billion per year.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Germany\u2019s parliament, the Bundestag, approved this special fund.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reported that Germany plans to devote at least 2% of its GDP to military expenditure,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">making it the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/german-lawmakers-approve-100-bln-euro-military-revamp-2022-06-03\/\">world\u2019s third-biggest military spender<\/a> behind the United States and China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.janes.com\/defence-news\/news-detail\/germany-approves-2023-defence-budget\">Germany\u2019s military budget is expected to grow<\/a> to nearly \u20ac60 billion by 2023, more than \u20ac70 billion by 2024, and eventually \u20ac80 billion by 2030.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>German military expands its role in NATO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>With the proxy war in Ukraine heating up, Germany is also playing a more active role in NATO.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported in June that the U.S. military is using bases in Germany to train Ukrainian troops, and Germany became home to a <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/kkULs\">coalition cell of Western militaries<\/a> planning the proxy war on Russia:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the [US] Army\u2019s 10th Special Forces Group, which before the war had been training Ukrainian commandos at a base in the country\u2019s west, quietly established a coalition planning cell in Germany to coordinate military assistance to Ukrainian commandos and other Ukrainian troops. The cell has now grown to 20 nations.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Germany sent more troops to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_207051.htm\">permanent NATO deployment in Lithuania<\/a>, a former member of the Soviet Union that is close to the border with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Berlin initiated a <a href=\"https:\/\/jfcbs.nato.int\/page5964943\/2022\/deterrence-and-defence-in-lithuania-german-brigade-conducts-first-exercise-on-the-road-to-natos-new-force-model-2\">NATO military exercise in Lithuania<\/a> which will involve roughly 5,000 German troops.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With over 200 troops and 50 vehicles deployed in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lithuania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lithuania<\/a> \ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf9, the new German enhanced Vigilance Brigade\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea will play a significant part in defending every inch of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NATO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NATO<\/a> territory<\/p>\n<p>More info: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xtk9dRrMEz\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xtk9dRrMEz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TxWuPTmQvi\">pic.twitter.com\/TxWuPTmQvi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NATO (@NATO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NATO\/status\/1577987204542087168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Germany remilitarizes with \u20ac100 billion \u2018special budget\u2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The re-militarization of Germany is bipartisan, and has the support of both the current centrist, social-democratic government as well as the right-wing opposition.<\/p>\n<p>German state media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/how-will-the-german-military-spend-100-billion\/a-62020972\">DW explained<\/a> in June:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">the government has joined forces with the main opposition parties to change the constitution and allow \u20ac100 billion ($107 billion) in additional debt to upgrade the military\u2013an unprecedented occurrence in the history of the Federal Republic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It comes on top of this year\u2019s record defense budget of \u20ac50.4 billion and will be spent over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>DW noted that this military spending is in addition to the billions of euros worth of support that Germany has provided to Ukraine in the proxy war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The only major political party that opposes the re-militarization of Germany is the socialist Die Linke (Left Party). DW reported:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Left Party in Germany is the country\u2019s only major political camp to fundamentally reject the Bundeswehr\u2019s additional funding. It calls the special fund a \u201ccornerstone for permanent militarization\u201d in Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe purchase of nuclear bombers like the F-35, new tank systems, and armed drones is sending the stock prices and profits of the major arms makers soaring,\u201d says Sevim Dagdalen, spokeswoman for international politics of the Left Party\u2019s parliamentary group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Meanwhile, she says, poverty is on the rise in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>According to DW, \u20ac41 billion of this special fund will go to the Bundeswehr\u2019s air force, which\u00a0plans to buy CH-47F Chinook helicopters from the U.S. corporation Boeing and F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, as well as the Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft from pan-European company Airbus.<\/p>\n<p>Germany has already ordered Heron TP armed drones from Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Bundeswehr\u2019s navy will receive \u20ac19 billion to modernize its forces with U12 submarines and other combat boats.<\/p>\n<p>The Bundeswehr\u2019s ground forces were designated \u20ac17 billion to buy\u00a0armored personnel carriers and more combat vehicles, including potentially tanks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/germany-military-bundeswehr-pull-out-mali-olaf-scholz\/\">Germany currently has troops in Mali<\/a>, as part of a United Nations mission in western Africa, although Berlin has claimed it will withdraw them by 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mronline.org\/2022\/11\/26\/german-military-preparing-for-potential-war-with-russia-leaked-internal-report-reveals\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a confidential report that warns of potential armed conflict with Russia, German plans a \u20ac100 billion \u2018special budget\u2019 to re-equip and revitalise its armed forces. With a view to becoming the world 3rd biggest military spender, after the U.S. and China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261694,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261693\/revisions\/261694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}