Germany adapts to new roles with Nato and China

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When 320 German soldiers crossed the border into Poland last January, they were greeted with open arms. Their destination: Zamosc, 60km from Poland’s border with Ukraine. Their mission: to install and operate Patriot missile systems donated by Berlin. When Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius visited the facility earlier this month, Polish colleague Mariusz Blaszczak laid on a military brass band and asked the Germans to stay. After six months, though, Germany moved three of its Patriot systems stationed in eastern Europe to Lithuania, soon to be followed by boots on the ground. Some 4,000 German soldiers, a full brigade, are...