Name: Germany's role in NATO and the world | DW Documentary
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German and Czech soldiers are carrying out a military exercise In Lithuania.

Their mission: deterrence and a show of strength on NATO's eastern flank.

We will deter the enemy with all the means at our disposal.

The world is growing less secure and more confusing.

A renewed arms race with nuclear and conventional weapons is imminent.

We need to be firm, we need to be strong to deter

any potential aggressor from attacking us to preserve the peace.

Germany and its neighbors could again be caught in the middle

Russia is laying claim to territory and for the first time since World War Two

a country is taking that territory by force.

This is a potential threat of the highest order.

And anyone who opposes a rearmament debate is not just naive.

Can the German military, the Bundeswehr, meet the new challenges?

I do believe that the German military is in a very dire and critical state.

The number of ships that can't sail, the number of planes that can't fly.

Can the western alliance system still guarantee security?

What role does Germany play in NATO and in the world?

When NATO sounds the alarm, the order reaches the

9th Armoured Demonstration Brigade in Munster in northwestern Germany.

But the entire apparatus responds as it would in a genuine emergency.

The brigade provides part of the ground troops for NATO's

Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, the VJTF.

It was established in 2014 in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea.

I've received the alarm order, now I evaluate it.

And then I decipher the letter combinations in the order to find out

which alarm measures have actually been triggered.

For that I consult the Bundeswehr crisis response plan,

so I can see which alarm measures are behind the combinations of letters.

I'll check which measures are important for the VJTF brigade

and then I'll inform the chief and the brigade leadership accordingly.

Rapid response units are central to NATO's new threat scenarios.

In this instance an emergency situation that involves fighting off

an enemy attack will be rehearsed in a maneuver in Poland.

2,300 soldiers from three countries have to be ready to move.

All the strands come together here in a high security area at headquarters.

It's a logistical challenge to coordinate the troops from

We have to establish communication with the

First German Armored Division and the German-Netherlands Corps.

I want the initial results in 90 minutes.

The clock is also ticking for Major Marja Alm.

The major heads a company of around 250 soldiers.

The biggest challenge for us is to be ready to move within 48 hours.

the trucks have to be organized in convoys.

My heavy vehicles have to be prepared for rail transport.

Major Alm is an experienced soldier who has served

Now she has to ensure that the command in Poland

are setting off from garrisons around Germany to head for Poland.

The rapid response force is more important to NATO than ever.

But today, at a time when Europe again has to worry about security,

how united are the partners in the alliance?

NATO celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding.

For seven decades the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has used its

deterrence capability to protect peace, freedom and prosperity

the west's leading defense and foreign policy officials gathered at a meeting.

It was supposed to be a celebration of 70 years of NATO and transatlantic relations.

But then, US Vice President Mike Pence took to the podium to issue a rebuke.

More of our allies are now meeting their commitments.

But still too many others are falling short.

And as we all acknowledge, Germany is chief among them.

Germany is Europe's largest and healthiest economy.

It's a leading global exporter and it's benefited from

A not-so diplomatic attack on the alliance partner that has not invested

the agreed two percent of its GDP in defense.

The German foreign minister had to try to explain why his wealthy country

wasn't prepared to spend more on European security.

I know that our budgetary process is sometimes difficult

for outsiders to understand, and believe me not just for them.

However, we made a firm commitment to invest more money in defense.

We in Europe know that we cannot take our security for granted.

A rather modest show of strength from the foreign minister.

Heiko Maas left the meeting by the back door to avoid unwanted questions.

A fitting image of Germany's appearance at the NATO summit.

Germany has already promised its allies at three summits

The Defense Ministry would like to see a hefty rise —

But the Finance Ministry has other plans.

It even wants spending to drop in the coming years — to 44.2 Billion.

That corresponds to 1.23 percent of GDP—