Vladimir Putin is Germany’s great recruiting officer

It would seem Vladimir Putin has forgotten what happened at Stalingrad and why the Germans were defeated.

In the early days of the battle in August 1942 the Luftwaffe destroyed the city from the skies. That destruction made it impossible for German tanks to negotiate the streets and gave the upper hand to Red Army snipers.

The encirclement of Paulus’ Sixth Army also meant supplies  of food and ammunition were cut off.

Soviet commander Georgy Zhukov very quickly realised the weakness of the Romanian and Italian armies fighting with the Germans so they were the first to be taken out.

Today the Russians are attempting to destroy Ukraine from the skies and are employing among other foreigners fighters, 16,000 Syrians. It is also claimed that Chechens are fighting with the Russians.

According to US experts the Russians have in three weeks lost 6,000 soldiers.

That the Russians have lost four generals in such a short time must tell a worrying story to the Kremlin.

There is an irony about this war and how Germany is now becoming once again involved in conflict with Russia.

German arms company Rheinmetall has seen its shares rise by 51 per cent on pre-war levels.

In March SPD German chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a €100 billion special fund to boost Germany’s military.

The Luftwaffe is to purchase 35 new F35 stealth bombers from US Lockheed-Martin, costing €100 million each and 15 Tornado surveillance aircraft from Franc0-German Airbus.

In 2020 German companies sold approximately €336 million worth of product with both commercial and military uses, such as sensors, lasers and other high-end technologies.

Russian tanks in Ukraine are fitted with Bosch technology.

These days it is widely said in Germany that Vladimir Putin is the best recruitment officer the Bundeswehr (German Army) has ever had.