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 "title": "Bundeswehr Publishes First Military Strategy: \"Responsibility for Europe\" Sets 460,000-Personnel Target by 2035",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/bundeswehr-first-military-strategy-responsibility-for-europe-460000-personnel-2035-three-phases-2039/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-22T01:58:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:27.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 22 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Inspector General Carsten Breuer on 22 April presented the first-ever Bundeswehr Military Strategy as part of the Overall Concept for Military Defence (Gesamtkonzeption der militärischen Verteidigung) under the title \"Responsibility for Europe\"\n * Personnel target: 460,000 soldiers in defence posture by ~2035 — active strength from ~185,000 to ~260,000 and reservists from ~60,000 to ~200,000\n * Three",
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