UK must build a Putin pounding military like Poland or hell steamroll over us, ex general warns
BRITAIN must mimic Nato s posterboy Poland in bolstering and modernising its second class army into one that is ready to fight against an aggressive military, former British generals have warned. If it fails to do this now, British forces would suffer catastrophic losses on the WW3 battlefields against an advancing Russian army if Putin invades Nato. Three British exarmy chiefs told The Sun that as it stands, the UK s army would be steamrolled by Putin s forces if a major war erupted in the next two years. They said two decades of relative peace in the postCold War era has meant the UK like much of European Nato has stopped thinking about WW3 and run the armed forces to the ground. But as Nato turns 75 today, the former commanders warned that the threat to the military alliance from Russia has never been higher. They said once the guns stop in Ukraine, a vengeful Putin could invade Nat
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