The rearming of Germany should be warning.
Drach nach Osten . Has always been an historical imperative
Drang nach Osten (German:
[ˈdʁaŋ nax ˈʔɔstn̩]), '
Drive to the East',
[1][2] or 'push eastward',
[3] 'desire to push east',
[4] is the motto of the 19th century German nationalist movement, that refers to the idea of German territorial expansion toward Eastern Europe into Slavic nations.
[2][5] In some historical discourse,
Drang nach Osten combines
historical German settlement in Central and Eastern Europe, medieval (12th to 13th century)
[6] military expeditions like those of the
Teutonic Knights (see
Northern Crusades), and
Germanisation policies and warfare of
modern German states such as those that reflected
Nazism's concept of
Lebensraum.
[3][7]