15.08.2023: Radio report - Professor Neitzel and Torsten Konopka give their views to Kilian Neuwert
Professor Sönke Neitzel and lecturer Torsten Konopka gave their views on the topic of the Bundeswehr deployment army in Kilian Neuwert's radio report.
The Bundeswehr as an operational army - what has been learned from 30 years of "out-of-area" missions?
Since Russia's attack on Ukraine, at the latest, the Bundeswehr has been concentrating primarily on national defence again. A major change. For the past 30 years, it has mainly been deployed abroad. What can we take away from this period, what have we learned? Kilian Neuwert explored these questions during his visits to soldiers, politicians and academics.
The Bundeswehr as an operational army: What remains after 30 years of out-of-area missions?
Since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine at the latest, national and alliance defence have once again been the focus for the German Bundeswehr. But behind the army lies an era that has now lasted 30 years: that of the "out-of-area missions", i.e. missions outside NATO territory, such as in Afghanistan. They have changed the Bundeswehr and continue to shape it today. Kilian Neuwert has met soldiers who have been on missions. He traces the development of the Bundeswehr into an operational army and explores the question: What remains? What can be learned? Is an era coming to an end because the Bundeswehr has to concentrate entirely on its original task as a defence army?