Germany's Bundeswehr: Getting ready to defend NATO.
(www.dw.com)
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From 1958 to 1972, the West German army grew in strength from 249,000 to 493,000 troops.
Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the number of troops hovered around 480,000. When the Bundeswehr integrated the National People's Army, with the primary aim of phasing out its structures, the number increased again briefly.
Some 20 years later, there were only about 200,000 soldiers left in the Bundeswehr. By 2023, it only had 181,000 members, according to the German Ministry of Defense.
Only a small proportion of these soldiers are trained to be deployed for combat as part of NATO missions.
Only thing are getting ready for is to fail.