Germany’s push to make its army the strongest in Europe is essential given the threat posed by Russia to the continent where a conflict with Moscow would differ greatly to the attritional warfare currently seen in Ukraine, a military adviser has told Newsweek .

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had pledged in May to transform the Bundeswehr (the nation's armed forces), and along with proposed legislation to boost troop numbers revealed last week, Berlin has shown its intentions to boost its military in the coming years.

Nicholas Drummond, a U.K.-based defense strategist, told Newsweek that a bigger German army could transform the security landscape of Europe, whose leaders have warned that Moscow could expand its belligerence beyond Ukraine by the end of the decade.

"It’s very

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