{"id":267231,"date":"2026-05-24T16:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/germany-changes-wwii-story-to-cast-russia-as-enemy-and-justify-re-armament\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T13:55:37","slug":"germany-changes-wwii-story-to-cast-russia-as-enemy-and-justify-re-armament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/germany-changes-wwii-story-to-cast-russia-as-enemy-and-justify-re-armament\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Changes WWII Story to Cast Russia as Enemy and Justify Re-Armament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/span><span class=\"photoview__desc-text\">German soldiers at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. &#8216;<\/span><img src=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/201bb1613d40b601eaeb488382f7de5f.jpg\"  \/><span class=\"article__news-services--label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"article__news-services--list\">\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"Telegram\" data-name=\"telegram\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"article__news-services--item social-service\" title=\"X\" data-name=\"twitter\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Germany wants to re-arm and seize more territory while re-writing the history of the Second World War, former German Army officer Florian Pfaff tells Sputnik.&#8221;After World War II, its intention was to become friends&#8221; with the Soviet Union Pfaff says.  But &#8220;now they need an enemy, and Russia is the victim.&#8221;  Last month, Germany unveiled its Responsibility for Europe military doctrine, naming Russia as the country\u2019s main security threat.  The plan calls for expanding the armed forces to 460,000 troops and aims to make Germany into western Europe\u2019s strongest conventional military power by 2039.  While German politicians insist re-armament is a response to the Russian military operation in Ukraine, &#8220;it&#8217;s exactly the other way around,&#8221; the pundit says.  &#8220;The war was intended, and the reason for that is that they want to enlarge their power and strengthen their military,&#8221; Pfaff says. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel said \u201cwe didn&#8217;t want to have peace,&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;We made Minsk 2 only to gain time to arm Ukraine.&#8221;  The West has always known that NATO eastward expansion is &#8220;the reddest of all red lines&#8221; for Russia, Pfaff warned.  The US and its NATO allies deliberately provoked Russia into military action in Ukraine to justify further militarization, he said.WorldGermany at the Crossroads: Revanchism Versus Diplomacy21 May, 16:22 GMT<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20260521\/germany-changes-wwii-story-to-cast-russia-as-enemy-and-justify-re-armament-1124168609.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German soldiers at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. &#8216; Germany wants to re-arm and seize more territory while re-writing the history of the Second World War, former German Army officer Florian Pfaff tells Sputnik.&#8221;After World War II, its intention was to become friends&#8221; with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[162],"tags":[3074,2232,4993,2403,2144,2782,2094,5691,2209],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Germany Changes WWII Story to Cast Russia as Enemy and Justify Re-Armament - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.kupitiblog.ru\/545\/germany-changes-wwii-story-to-cast-russia-as-enemy-and-justify-re-armament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Germany Changes WWII Story to Cast Russia as Enemy and Justify Re-Armament - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"German soldiers at a training range in Pabrade, north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. &#8216; 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