FRANCE has put its hospitals on a war footing – ordering them to prepare for the day Europe is plunged into all-out conflict with Russia.
Health bosses have been told to brace for a “major engagement” by March 2026, with chilling instructions to be ready to treat a flood of wounded troops from across the continent.
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European nations are visibly preparing for war, with NATO on high alert for drills
As the Ukraine war rages on, fears of Putin escalating the conflict even further are increasingly growing
According to documents obtained by Le Canard Enchaîné, the plan assumes France will become a hub for battlefield casualties.
It would need to absorb hundreds of injured soldiers from both its own forces and those of its NATO allies.
The French ministry of health said the order was designed to “anticipate, prepare and respond to the health needs of the population while integrating the specific needs of defense in the health field.”
Among the risks identified, officials warned, was the prospect of a huge influx of foreign victims.
The ministry bluntly admitted: “It is therefore a question for our health system of anticipating the care of military patients in the civilian health system.”
And while Paris frames it as a “major engagement,” the reality is far starker.
Under NATO’s Article 5, if France were attacked – or if Russian troops stormed into any allied nation – the whole alliance would be pulled in.
That chain reaction would almost certainly drag in Britain, the US and much of Europe, transforming a regional clash into the nightmare of World War Three.
The warning comes as Germany’s top general confirmed NATO will be on high alert during Russia’s Zapad 2025 war games in Belarus.
General Carsten Breuer said Moscow’s drills could be a smokescreen for something far darker: “We don’t have any indication that preparations for an attack are taken under the cover of the exercise.
“But we will be on our guard, not just the German forces, but NATO.”
The stakes could not be higher. NATO chief Mark Rutte has already sounded the alarm that Russia and China together could light the fuse on World War Three.
He laid out a nightmare scenario in July: Beijing seizes Taiwan while Putin strikes NATO territory, possibly the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
“That is most likely the way this will progress,” he warned.
In a chilling interview, he added: “They are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year. This is unsustainable.”
Russia mocked Rutte, sneering he had “gorged on too many of the magic mushrooms beloved by the Dutch” and should prepare for “a future in a hellish Siberian labour camp”.
Across the continent, the preparations for WW3 are no longer hypothetical – they are visible on streets, in schools, in bunkers, and now, hospitals.
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AFPThe plan assumes France will become a hub for battlefield casualties[/caption]
Survival guides have landed in homes from Sweden to Norway, warning people to ration food, stockpile supplies and prepare for bombardment.
The Sun even put this to the test by building a DIY nuclear kit with high street buys that cost less than you’d think.
Conscription is ramping up too, with Poland, the Baltics and Nordics drafting young men and women into swelling armies, sparking calls for Britain to follow suit.
In Norway, evacuation drills are already under way as locals rehearse fleeing west to escape Russian tanks.
Across Eastern Europe, bunkers and barricades are rising.
The Baltics are building a joint defence line bristling with minefields, tank ditches and rocket systems, while Germany’s 1,000-page “Operation Deutschland” maps out protected sites, bunkers and plans to move 200,000 vehicles and 800,000 NATO troops.
Even Britain and France are hardening their nuclear pact, signing a deal in July to co-ordinate strikes in the event of World War Three – the first time Paris has pledged to use its nukes for an ally.
