It's a revolution in a country with a pacifist tradition. In June, the German parliament voted to spend €100 billion to modernise the army and replace obsolete equipment. The special fund is meant to create the biggest conventional army in Europe. Before the war in Ukraine, that would have been unthinkable. But the population backs the change: around two-thirds of Germans say they approve the modernisation of their armed forces.
Still, it's a huge challenge: there's no more conscription and the army has been underfunded and ignored for decades.
Report by Anne Mailliet, Willy Mahler, Kilian-Davy Baujard and Nick Spicer.
