German Army Prepares Plan to Ready US Troops to Fight on NATO’s Eastern Front

• German Army Prepares Plan to Ready US Troops to Fight on NATO’s Eastern Front
  by James Rothwell, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
  German army chiefs are drawing up plans on how they would feed thousands of US soldiers and refuel their tanks as they moved towards Nato’s eastern front, as part of a secret document outlining Germany’s war readiness.
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  In an interview with German newspaper FAZ, Bundeswehr Lt Gen André Bodemann said the army was putting together a new, long-term security plan with an emphasis on civil defence. Most of the planning details are a state secret, but the senior officer did disclose that part of the planning process involves logistics for feeding huge numbers of American soldiers, with the main input from civilians.
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  “If, for example, a US division moved towards the east, thousands of tanks, thousands of soldiers, then they would need to be fed and the tanks refuelled or possibly repaired,” he told FAZ. “The Bundeswehr’s logistics would probably be tied up with our own soldiers on the front. “That means we would need the maximum input from the civilian service.
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  “The convoy would get fuel from petrol stations or civilian vehicles, the Red Cross would provide medical care and food would come from a civilian caterer. This would be the classic case.” His comments come as Rishi Sunak visits Berlin, where the Prime Minister said European nations must follow Britain in ramping up defence spending to guarantee the US’s continued commitment to Nato.
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  Gen Bodemann’s statements are the latest sign of Germany trying to make itself “kriegstüchtigteit”, or “war ready”, in the face of a potential armed conflict with Russia within the next five years.
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