At a festival of democracy in Berlin last month, marking 75 years of the German constitution, the stand for the Bundeswehr, the country’s armed forces, was surrounded by a crowd five people deep.
But among the onlookers jostling to watch videos of recent operations and ogle its latest hardware, there were few of the people Germany’s military actually needs to appeal to: the young.
Germany is two years into its Zeitenwende, the “turning point” on defence proclaimed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2022, as Russia began its all-out attack on its neighbour, Ukraine. Since then, it has boosted defence spending by billions.
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