Politics column: The Bundeswehr has changed

Politics column: The Bundeswehr has changed

The charter flight that recently brought 89 members of the Bundeswehr home from Mali is reminiscent starColumnist Nico Fried remembers the year 2019 when he visited German soldiers in Mali with Angela Merkel – and his own image of the Bundeswehr, which has changed over the years.

Nico Fried

In May 2019 I was able to accompany the then Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Bundeswehr soldiers in Mali. We flew in a Bundeswehr A 400 M, well protected against fire. The deployment in Mali is considered particularly dangerous. We ended up in the city of Gao in well over 40 degrees. For the way to the German Army’s Camp Castor, we climbed into armored vehicles with air conditioning. It was like a fridge on wheels.

Source: Stern

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