April 30—In parallel with Japan’s plans to rearm, her World War II ally has announced similar intentions.
A new military strategy for the German armed forces has now been adopted, most of which remains secret. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, however, did unveil some of its contents in a statement to the public and parliament on April 22. To make a long story short, since Russia represents an acute military threat to Germany, he said, the Bundeswehr must become “the strongest conventional army in Europe.”
