The whole of Germany should be ready for a potential military conflict in 5 years, according to Michael Giss, Commander of the Hamburg Regional Command, and Naval Captain. For 30 years after the end of the Cold War and the division of Germany, the German people wanted to enjoy the peace dividend. Moreover, even today, the German population is still far from perceiving an external threat. “My internal clock as a soldier is ticking and tells me that in 5 years we must be socially stable enough to face an external military threat,” the commander says. Hiss notes that the whole of Germany must be …