NATO Ally Developing ‘Plan’ to Deploy 800,000 Troops Against Russia—Report

BERLIN — Germany is developing plans to ensure that hundreds of thousands of troops could move along an arterial highway transiting much of the nation in the event of a war with Russia, one leading national newspaper has reported.

Der Spiegel reported—citing a “secret document” obtained by the newspaper—that Berlin expects some 800,000 German and allied NATO troops to use its ports, highways, and railways to head eastwards if the West’s simmering showdown with Russia turns hot in the near future.

The Western response force would need to be deployed—along with a huge number of weapons, other equipment, and around 200,000 vehicles—within three to six months, the newspaper wrote, with many arriving via Germany’s North Sea ports before heading towards likely eastern battlefields.