{"id":54577,"date":"2020-05-02T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=54577"},"modified":"2021-08-27T14:02:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:02:09","slug":"after-the-berlin-wall-making-germanys-armed-forces-bundeswehr-1991-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/05\/02\/after-the-berlin-wall-making-germanys-armed-forces-bundeswehr-1991-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>After The Berlin Wall: Making Germany\u2019s Armed Forces<\/em> (<em>Bundeswehr<\/em> 1991 Documentary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nq7R1i6yYqc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forces TV<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Jan 2018<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s more than 27 years since German reunification, when East and West Germany came together again after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This documentary looks at the challenges facing the West German Army as they took over the East German National People\u2019s Army.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forces.net%2Fnews%2Fcomment-building-walls-berlin-trump&#038;v=nq7R1i6yYqc&#038;redir_token=L5aY4OLqN0eSghyZPL9V_rIhJ-98MTU4MDMxODIxNUAxNTgwMjMxODE1&#038;event=video_description\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.forces.net\/news\/comment-bu&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe to Forces TV: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OraazC\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1OraazC<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out our website: <a href=\"http:\/\/forces.net\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/forces.net<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForcesNews\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForcesNews<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How things change &#8230; back in 1991, the <em>Bundeswehr<\/em> had a vast over-supply of military vehicles between the mass of Soviet-era equipment inherited from the DDR and the excess due to planned down-sizing of Germany&#8217;s overall military expenditure (the &#8220;peace dividend&#8221;). Earlier this year, <em>Bild<\/em> reported that German soldiers are being advised to take personal vehicles during military training exercises, due to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/479426-german-soldiers-use-cars-drills\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lack of infantry fighting vehicles<\/a> and other military transport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-56827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot_2020-05-02-After-The-Berlin-Wall-Making-Germany\u2019s-Armed-Forces-Bundeswehr-1991-Documentary.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forces TV Published 5 Jan 2018 It&#8217;s more than 27 years since German reunification, when East and West Germany came together again after the fall of the Berlin Wall. 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