Fighting the Islamists - Germany's Deployment in Mali | DW Documentary 

as a german, i respect my soldiers soo fucking much, i want to become a soldier, KSK fighter, GSG 9 or SEK fighter to help my own country to fight terrorism and so on. But I'm not sure if i am able to become such a fighter because I have a "Rot-Grün-Schwäche", Red-Green-Weakness, that is not so good but we'll see!

Viel Glück

Sadly the media here in germany are all saying that the german military is very weak.they are all wrong. We are one of the countrys wich are producing the best weapons and defense products in the world. Germany is a very strong country. From the darkness. Payd with blood. Against the sun. Black Red Gold

We respect them, but we don't think they are Legends

@@lars_ger0716 Germany produces some of the best small arms in the world, and the best main battle tanks and diesel-electric submarines in the world. However thats unrelated to the state the German armed forces are currently in. The consecutive rounds of budget cuts each year have really done a number on Germany's armed forces, to the point that only a fraction of its heavy equipment (helicopters, airplanes, armored vehicles, etc.) are in working condition, the rest of them have all been scavenged for spare parts, with no money to buy replacement spare parts and return those scavenged vehicles to working condition. Don't get me wrong, the militaries of many of Germany's neighbouring countries are in just as bad shape. But that just says a lot about what a sad state Western-Europe's armed forces are in, especially if you consider what they were like up untill only a couple decades ago, when they were still in the prime of their life.

Cheisgood wtf

They also changed the question, he was actally asked "Are you nervous?"

Yeah, I don't speak German but I saw him shake his head and his body language seemed to say no. So funny how they took that kind of liberty with the translations.

@Der Prophet It may not have been a word for word translation, but the message was still the same.

@@huntingrunner One time they translated "this is the fastest train in Iran" as "it was build by Simens"

Thanks greetings from germany we love you guys from the uk

Hi from Canada

@@ottomeyer6928 Canada is sooooo nice

Grüße aus Amerika, wir lieben euch

Back to you brother🙏💪 From Germany

Maxime Well weirdly, ISAF ( mostly American tho ) troops reported the Bundeswehr was really bad in Afghanistan, German commanders said they their troops were ineffective because of Cold War influence on strategy : no good supply, extra harsh ROE, inadequate individual training, little shooting training...

In Actis Esto Volucris will do, let me go on my internet journey to gather them all !

In Actis Esto Volucris some are very old articles I read years ago tho, but sure if still relevant

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JPYen The situation of the german army in Afg was bad until 2009/10, then our officers and politicians realized we had to fight, and then we fought

Yeah, he is a "Alpha Kevin" we say.

Yes sir

well with 29 to be hauptfeldwebel (staff seargant) is a huge archievment. he has my respect.

@@indahooddererste Not anymore. You just have to get your 8 years being a in the military and a mediocre evaluation. Its kind of usual to hit this rank before youre hitting the 30s nowadays

@Steven Rodriguez true, german troops are rarely involved in actual fighting, and even then its always missions with like 4 nations.

Steven Rodriguez that's because we don't fight wars. We help out behind the lines and look for the civilians

@Steven Rodriguez agreed, but there is more to it. 1. Those Soldiers are not a fighting force in Mali, but a suport detachment for training Mali security forces. 2. With 1 in mind, we have to acknowlage that standarts set to personal and uniform is higher than it normaly would. 3. There is a standart in the German army which stated "weapon, kit then soldier" meaning even with a soldier looking like shit, his kit and rifle ought to be emaculate. 4. Having served alongside US forces, general standart on kit was seemingly always higher on us than the US soliders. This is not(!) to look down on US soldiers it was just a different mindset. 5. What we see here is not a FOB but a garison. Which is handeld quite different. I was detached to German Paras (with me beeing mearly an EOR-engineer) and our FOB was just some tents and our armoured vehicles inside a little combound. Quite similar to what the brits had in Musa Qala. I think the big mistake you make is to compare the German troops in Mali (solely a supportive role) to US combat troops in Iraq or Afghanistan But then as dudel and Freedomnine already said the amount of fighting Germans encountered during their deployment compared to the US' or UK's forces is miniscual, but the incidances German paras fought, their surrounding and themself looked quite similar to what the US and UK troops looked like. Different only in their basic philosophies and how they set up their FOB.

The numbers of military from the Ecowas countries (a west african economic bloc) in Mali are much higher but not with high tech equipment.

German Army is a joke

So true xdd

MrTianak69 fun fact the camo used in the German Army today is based on the Waffen SS camo from WW2

By far the coolest, but german woodland camo is top notch!!

@@saber_2_6 Fun fact, the Germans were the first ones to invent and implement camouflaged equipment in WWI and WWII. The Allies started copying them later on.

@@saber_2_6 prooves how far germany was in ww2 as camo are made by scientist nowadays

Brian Kavanagh yup, that's because H&K is a german company :D

Brian Kavanagh almost all of the German militaries small arms are made my H&K

@Kekistan Shitlord not true you have some really good American, French and English war machineries

@@theric66 Don't forget Belgium... and uh RUSSIA

But isn't Kevins weapon an M16?

Greetings to the UK, we train together.

@@ehrenbruder9835 we are all Germanic people we will never fight again

Shush more respect to our soldiers then some people in germany

@@Aureus_ hope your aware that Britain is not just England

What civilized world are you referring to?

@@sundersidhai7002 Germany

Sunder Sidhai h((

And the neatherlands

@Joseph Ramirez no in Mali there is lot of french regiment like "génie combat" or "dragon" there is also french commando like CPA 10 and commando marine

@Ricky Carey yes because they are not a really strong country so they often get forgotten but they do alot I respect them fro the deepest of my heart

are you serious ? lol

@Mosella germany was never bad

yes thats also my opinion

And when it was not profi?

"Erfolg" is the word you´re looking for. Greetings from Germany

I love america greetings from germany we are glad to have you on our side this time🇩🇪🔥🇺🇲

love back from germany

Dominykas Gedvilas yeah and we secure your border to russia... You're right brothers will stand togehter against the enemy

That is exactly how it ís supposed to be.

We need the Baltic peoples more than ever with our common enemy sharpening his weapons. And by "we" I don't mean us Germans exclusively, I mean the entirety of Europe. You guard more than just some bases in Africa, you basically defend Europe from the East. A similar objective the Germans had guarding the Iron Curtain. Don't diminish your importance, friend.

''L'', capital L. And Lithuanian soldiers are there not for brotherhood, but because they took a job in the military service and, as it happens, politicians tell where they supposed to go.

That's right! God bless the Bundeswehr forces AND the brave Lithuanian forces who help. God bless ALL NATO troops. :) P.S. I love your name, Dominykas! That's a cool name.

Can't change your mind cause your God damn right wee actually invented it in ww1 and ww2 the alies took it later

Dat Offensive Guy Your probably not even a real Fallschirmjäger but if your one than thank you for your service !!!

Dat Offensive Guy In Germany no one likes soldiers? which germany are you living in?

Dat Offensive Guy I do, but you probably don't

Dat Offensive Guy An deiner Stelle würde ich ganz schnell die Dienstflagge mit Bundesadler aus meinem Profil nehmen...so was kann ganz schön teuer werden.

+Geist41334 Ist nicht erlaubt, aber 'geduldet'. Sonst müssten die ja Hektar von Schrebergärten verklagen.

Der Zugführer kommt auch so rüber als wenn er ein gewisses Arschloch ist (unsympathisch)

Das ist Berufsrisiko, denn bei der Infanterie sind nicht alle so helle in der Birne. Jetzt muss er sich mit solchen Leuten abgeben und denkt sich "watt ne scheisse".

Auf der Kiste hat auch keiner rumzusitzen. Da wäre ich auch ungehalten. Das müssten die Leute halt auch wissen.

der ist enfach nur cool, und abgeklärt ... cooldbloodedoder badass wie die Amis sagen würden

fhuhf eiwjgbw iejiowen euwhfhuiwd owieuehf qoiwueiodenf sorry, i wanted to jump in the conversation but I dont speak german.

Football

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Finally some Americans who respect us

we love you to from germany :)

My great-grandmother didn't speak a lick of English nothing but German and very proud of my German blood; much love from America 🇺🇸♥️🇩🇪

we love you to :)

Greetings to Spain

irvan36mm and swedes too

True. Cannot forget Sweden’s contribution to this operation.

irvan36mm they can't irvan, they are poor people , uneducated , most of their young population is trying to escape and immigrate to the west, the same thing applies in most African countries. And those radical islamists are ruthless.

Germany trains foreign armies

As an American Veteran, I agree. No matter what, efforts by outside forces, even from the most powerful military in the world, cannot be near as effective as the local population policing their own. The local population can stop radicalization long before the potential radical ever picks up a weapon by combating the ideology within their own religion with words. The local population can avoid breaking local taboos far better than young foreigners as locals have intimate knowledge of their own traditions and customs. There are hundreds of other reasons why locals are much better able to combat radicals. The only thing foreign powers should do is provide the tools for the good locals to defeat the bad ones, in whatever form that takes (often things as simple as food as often the reason people join the militias is because the warlords have the food).

Why don't you go back to germany then?

Germany need you, go home!

@@tonylvlog4463 why?

@Luqman Osman Why would they want to be cowards like you?

@Luqman Osman It's not as if there were no attempts, but since 2001 (the terrorists that attacked WTC planned the attack from Hamburg) the police in germany Specialize on catching islamists.

Woooow

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Ych glaubs ja nycht huehuehue

Kevin actual

Cause they got the best uniforms?

Because of their physique

Greetings to india from germany

Greetings from Germany! Yeah man we are brothers, there is so much that unites us. I love Macrons idea of united military :)

@@marcelwestermann8273 Do you still like Macron? XD

Thank you, brother. A united Europe is the only thing that will save us in the future, may we protect our people, together.

Germans and French man call each other brothers XD if Bismarck would hear that

@@B.M666 xD autre temps autre moeurs ;)

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Thank you from the US! Good to see your country taking the Radical Islam threat seriously. If only we had before that awful day in 2001...

Nobody is proud if you go out in the streets and say I'm a patriot oh boy your done your gonna be called a nazi a sexist and everything it's not allowed to be proud anymore sadly

A proud nation definitely after the Berlin wall fell

What do you mean Charlie?

second world war...

OOOHHH you mean that???? I thought we are all passed that I didnt know i would offend you. I was just looking at the now. Sorry.

What do you mean?

NNNAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! I dont hate anyone as a nation.... I just hate governments. We need to differentiate now...... German citizens are good people. As a matter of fact i enjoyed being around German citizens than American ones. Europe Just has this nice polite touch to it that i personally enjoy. I would have loved to live anywhere in Europe but unfortunately i have an African state that needs me to help develop it. I hope that answers your question. Dat Offensive Guy where are you from?

He is a professional soldier. He does his job. That's all. If we need a philosopher we know whom to ask.

france had to keep their uranium mines safe. since we are strong allies with france germany helped there.

I bet thats what you tell yourself so you can sleep at night

and that's only because their leader started that war by supporting those terrorists in Syria and leads to this situation.

+ Brian Jordan - What an ignorant statement. Yes, there is crime in Germany, but it is at its lowest since the 90's. You have no idea what refugees flee from, just a watered down version you hear about from the news. You were born into safety and opportunity, a luxury many refugees don't have. You most likely won't know what it's like to flee from countries of war and squalor, but you're someone who bases their facts on feelings so I guess to like-minded individuals you're right - to others, you're just another narrow-minded person who can't seem to grasp the concept that people immigrate to countries of opportunities and safety; folks who want the same life that you and so many others have.

We are doing a great job over here tracking down terorists every month they arest some and if we had all these terorists here why are there no atacks?

Brainwashed?

Does anybody know if he is still in Mali?

They have a Government :-O ;-) ??

in some cases not only a derivative, but the real deal modified to a MG3. we had some in our company that had "MG42" crossed out with XXXX and right behind that a new embossing redaing "MG3".

true👍🏻

amen bro

No kidding.

Raven Burrows what’s in my homeland

@Zuhdija Muric and it's not?

@@frinkpc2515 its actually not

Muslims make up 5-6% of the German population(Uk also 5%, US at 2% i believe) . Most of them are 3rd Generation Turks and are extremly nice. Why i dont understand their Religion what so ever I do think that they dont believe the BS that Terrorist groups preach weather its in the Quran or not is debatable(Islam in itsself is so split into different groups, despite all of them claiming to be muslims they believe quite different things) . I have multiple Muslim working colleagues and they are extremly nice people and pleasant to work with. I have visited a Mosque just to see what they do in there and it was quite nice actually i liked the design much more pleasant then the average Church tbh. Im not perticulary Religious and i prefer to judge people by their actions and sofar my impression is quite positive.

I doubt that the German public would be all to thrilled about having even a small fighting Force in Mali.

TheGOATVegeta Open a History book. Germany was a colonial power too in Africa (Cameroon, Togo, Rwanda-Burundi, Tanzania, Namibia), in Asia (some concessions in China) and in Oceania (North of current Papua New Guinea, the Samoan islands, the Marshall islands, Nauru, north of the Solomon islands, etc...). But lost all its colonies after WW1.

Jeff Rogers true

@DevilTrigger Namibia has german history and they can speak German aswell

@Advocatus Diaboli Just like in the old days (60s and 70s) you better believe that Russia is still supporting leftist ideology in Germany and the rest of Europe. Back then it was Bader-Meinhof und die Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). Now it's "die Linke" with their former SED pensioners and brainwashed Young Pioneer wannabes. Respect to those Germans and other Europeans that know "wo es wirklich langgeht."

What happened to him?

@@lomike9205 I don't think anything happened I think they're just saying they're nervous for the sergeant because he has such a risky job and hope that he remains safe

Yo

@@johanncruyff143 yo

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No

Kamado Tanjirou i know right cigarettes actually are healthy the goverment just doesnt want us to know that

I think he has bigger problems to worry about while on that mission

KMW Dingo. A MRAP based on the famous Unimog chassis.

Yep.