Commander: All of Germany must be ready for war in 5 years

The commander of the Hamburg Regional Command, naval captain Michael Giss, said that the whole of Germany should be prepared for a potential military conflict in 5 years.

He said this in an interview with Die Welt, according to Yevropeiska Pravda.

Hiss noted that for 30 years after the end of the Cold War and the division of Germany, German residents wanted to enjoy "peace dividends" and even today the German population is still far from perceiving an external threat.

"But my internal clock as a soldier is ticking and telling me that in five years we will have to be socially stable enough to withstand an external military threat," the commander said.

In response to a question whether Germany's largest seaport, Hamburg, should also be prepared for war, Giss said that "the whole of Germany should be prepared for war."

"This is the main overall task for politics, the Bundeswehr, business and society in a broad sense. This also applies to critical infrastructure - and in particular to Hamburg, which serves as a harbor for the Alliance and NATO support.

Due to its geographical location in Europe, Germany is a deployment location, a country through which NATO forces march to the eastern flank. Germany's largest seaport will naturally play a role in this," explained Hiss.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 12/08/2024