Claim
Claim 837
Der Spiegel published an article on October 10, 1962, saying the Bundeswehr was only conditionally prepared to defend the country against a nuclear strike, and the magazine was accused of treason.
- Statement
- Der Spiegel published an article on October 10, 1962, saying the Bundeswehr was only conditionally prepared to defend the country against a nuclear strike, and the magazine was accused of treason.
- Field
- occurred_on
- Value
- October 10 article on Bundeswehr readiness
- Publisher
- German History in Documents and Images, German Historical Institute Washington
- Method
- primary document
- Checked
- 2026-09-26
- Confidence
- high
- Status
- current
- Source date
- 1962-10-29
Quotation from the source
On October 10, 1962, the news magazine Der Spiegel published an article stating that the Bundeswehr was only “conditionally prepared” [ bedingt abwehrbereit ] to defend the country against a nuclear attack.