"And the sooner we are prepared the better." Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed thinking in Germany ...

The five years after World War One were a period of turmoil and instability for Germany: Germany had lost World War One and was severely punished by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

Germany had conscription for all men until 2011 "You won't get this 100,000 without one or other model of conscription," the general said. "We don't have to determine now what model brings them.