And according to what was reported by “Sky News”, Tuesday, General Patrick Sanders said that everything possible must be done to avoid a third world war.
Sanders took office last May, and his first message to British soldiers was stressing the need to prepare to confront Russia in a possible third world war.
Within days of this message, Sanders repeated his warning of the possibility of a devastating war with Russia.
The warning comes at a time when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce a significant increase in the country’s military spending, in line with the growing security challenges.
“Russian President Vladimir Putin and his expansionist ambitions pose the greatest threat to sovereignty and democracy,” Sanders said in extracts distributed to the media and to be delivered later today at the annual military conference.
General Sanders is expected to say that his top priority will be “to mobilize the military to help prevent the spread of war within Europe, by preparing to fight and win side by side with the allies in NATO.”
The British army chief will address the “Moment of 1937”, a crucial period before the outbreak of World War II, which broke out between 1939-1945.
In 1937, the expansionist ambitions of Nazi leader Adolf Hilter began to appear, as he worked to annex Austria, before sweeping other countries with the outbreak of war in 1939.
According to the speech, the British general will say: “We are not at war, but we must act quickly so as not to fail to contain regional expansion,” referring to Western accusations of expansion by Putin.
The new challenge means that the British army must be modernized, and new technologies such as electronic warfare and long-range missiles must be adopted, with the soldier retaining traditional skills, according to Sky News.
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