Germany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s strongest military by 2039

Very efficient joke.

To quote my uncle R: >Germans actually are are humorous people, but it’s German humor ,so only Germans can understand .

"As a German, I just want to get this straight. The entire Western world wants us to build up a huge army, march through Poland and fight the Russians if necessary. Just writing it down so there are no misunderstandings in future...”

German humor is no laughing matter.

Everybody’s gangsta until the Germans start prepping for the 100th anniversary.

If anyone deserves a third chance, I think it’s Germany.

It's a German joke - it doesn't have to be funny

I sure am looking forward to 2045

The 100th anniversary!

We also strengthened our military cooperation with Japan a few weeks ago.

Because of AI, it will be harder to get into art school. That's not a good sign.

Happy centenary. America can ignore till December 2041

I hear they're planning a new massive military base in the west bank if the Rhine in 2036!

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Reality has become a parody of itself.

The geopolitical landscape is changing so fast that it’s got countries gearing up their military like athletes preparing for some sort of Olympic event. I’m so looking forward to this century’s World War. /s

Germany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s weakest military by 2045

Japan:I think I saw this script before.

Time really is a flat circle

Its the  1920's all over again :(

Yep, right after Germany's 2036 Olympics. Let me check my calendar. Yep, polls show the right wing party just became the strongest in the last few months. So 3 more years for the divide between rich and poor to become larger and the economy to crash due to the current government's incompetence (although they might actually be achieving this earlier than expected).

If you're sweating polish you absolutely need to see a doctor.

Don't worry, Germany has laws now that forbid them to harm horses. Your cavalry is safe. 

Is Italy coming too?

Make Axis Great Again

The empire strikes back.

in pog form?

To be fair, this strategy implies overtaking the likes of France and UK militarily. I suppose the goal to have an actually operational army is set to an earlier date

All they have to do is ask Putin nicely.

Was Ist Der Deutschen Vaterland? Definitely a banger

Once all the Germans were warlike and mean,  but that couldn't happen again. We taught them a lesson in 1918, and they hardly bothered us since then. -MLF lullaby by Tom Lehrer 

***♫ Auf der heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein ♪***

The germans had started rearming before hitler, look at their secret cooperation with the USSR on tank development.

I guess studying history really does stop you from repeating it

Well, ̶N̶S̶D̶A̶P̶ AfD (far right political party) is leading in the polls right now, so it means the next government will be ideologycally totally different than the current one.. they will just inherit the already built ̶W̶e̶h̶r̶m̶a̶c̶h̶t̶ ̶ army.

What do you mean first time!?

The great thing about history is the good guys always win.

Are we the goodies?

Third time the chance!

We'll invade that island the danes are contesting with the canadians, they didn't put the bottle there last time.

it is kinda weird like they couldn't have rounded it up to 2040?

There's and argument for keeping them seperate, given it allows the majority to act even if one or two states decide to be obstructive.

European army is a pipe dream. Even right now, when it comes to general European political or economic issues, there is always someone sabotaging the whole thing over tiniest disagreements. Not even mentioning leaders and parties being bought by Russia left and right. It would be more optimal to have a treaty to have multiple very strong and capable militaries who are able to cooperate and work together when shit hits the fan.

We can't even rebuild infrastructure right now. I highly doubt we'll have "the strongest military" in 14 years.

A European Defense Force doesn't have to mean the disbanding of national armies. We could follow a model similar to the US one, with the national guard and the US Army (& USAF, US Navy, etc) The EDF's role would be strictly limited to the defense of EU territory, no out-of-area operations. A shared command structure with deployments requiring a qualified majority vote (not unanimous, we've seen how easily this can be abused) "But that's what NATO is for" NATO's greatest strength was never Article 5 itself, it was the credibility of the commitment behind it. No treaty automatically sends soldiers anywhere. What deterred aggression was the unshakeable belief that it would. That belief is now shaken. An alliance where a single member can cast doubt on the whole thing isn't worth the paper it's written on. The EDF isn't about replacing NATO, it's about not being left exposed if NATO continues to unravel. I'd go even further and reinstate mandatory military service, just for the EDF. There's nothing dystopian about it, Finland has mandatory military service and they consistently rank as the happiest bunch on the planet. A year of EDF service for young Europeans, rotating across countries, training alongside people from 27 different nations. The fastest way to forge a shared European identity is to have people from wildly different backgrounds go through something hard together and come out the other side. But, but, what language are they going to speak?! English. The French Foreign Legion takes recruits who've never spoken a word of French and gets them functional in months. Europeans who've been immersed in English through the internet, films, games and TV shows since childhood would adapt even faster. Funding is a tough one. Legalize cannabis across the EU. The tax revenue + savings on enforcement costs alone would be substantial. It won't cover everything, but it's a start. Even the hippies and pacifists get to contribute to rearmament. We Europeans aren't exactly known for our bold, out of the box thinking. Plenty of people are still convinced the next 30 years will play out like the last 30. They won't and that complacency is going to cost us dearly.

They went down Prioritise Economic Growth tree instead of 4 Year Plan.

Poland doesn't have a lot more room to grow they are spending 4.8% of GDP on defence already, and the government debt went from 55% of gdp in 2024 to projected to be 69% in 2027, which is still low comparatively but it puts into doubt how sustainable that is long term. Ukraine also probably not that much more room either unless they get more outside support and widen conscription and either way after the war is over Ukraines military needs to contract because 30% of gdp is obviously not sustainable at peace and if the war is still going in 2039 something went horribly wrong.

The second overwhelming foreign aid dwindles the Ukraine military is getting scaled back

wait till you see the crash in 29.

Germany has been rearming for years though. They're not just sitting around doing nothing. These plans to increase with future dates are still very important because they send the message to industry that the German rearmament will continue. Weapons manufacturers don't want to invest in a huge factory to come online in 2027 if all orders stop in 2028. The industry needs assurances that Germany's rearmament will continue.

Austria*

*Oh putain, c'est reparti.*

>Also who will be in this "strongest" army? I dont see young people joining when all year the gouvernment is gaslighting everyone below the age of 50y. Well the Bundeswehr has been growing, and receiving more applications as well. You don't need to love your government to still want to keep your country and the entire union safe.

This time we're preparing