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“Military geography” is the traditional term (although with a varying content) to distinguish the military geographical situation and processes. “Military” indicates always “armed forces”. “Wehrgeographie” has a wider meaning, wider even than the English term “geography of security” coined a few decades ago. “Wehren” includes the political avoidance of war, the maintenance of peace (for example by deterrence), and the economic and mental readiness for defence. “Wehrhaftigkeit” became an educational aim in Prussian Germany, that completely disappeared after WW II. Today world opinion wonders at German hesitancy, when a contribution to UN forces is required. The condition “preparedness for defence” has been destroyed in Germany and still is widely defamed. It may, however, also be mentioned that the statutes of the United Nations even today still brand Germany, Italy and Japan as the enemies. It is suggested that this view should be eliminated by now.
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Tietze, W. Military Geography — Wehrgeographie — Geography of Security. GeoJournal 31, 215–219 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00808695
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