The British and German militaries and arms manufacturers will work more closely together than ever before under a new agreement signed by British Defense Secretary John Healey and German counterpart Boris Pistorius on October 23.

The Trinity House Agreement, named after the building where it was signed, “marks a fundamental shift in the [United Kingdom’s] relations with Germany and for European security,” states a UK government press release. Politico was more poetic: “The British military of the future is going to have a strong German accent.”

The British and German armies will train together to fight in Eastern Europe and the Baltics. At sea, they’ll work together to protect electricity and Internet cables under the North Sea. German P-87 Poseidon reconnaissance planes will patrol the North Atlantic from Scottish bases.

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• The two will develop new long-range strike missiles that can fly farther and strike more precisely than the ones they currently use, which have a range of about 340 miles.
• They will develop new drones for use on land and at sea, unmanned ground vehicles, and drones designed for air combat.
• Britain will help upgrade German helicopters to use its newer missile technology, before those helicopters are passed on to Ukraine.
• German defense giant Rheinmetall will open a new factory in the UK making artillery gun barrels.
• The German military start-up Helsing promised to invest £350 million (us$455 million) to develop artificial intelligence systems in the UK.
• They will work with others to connect their air defense systems to detect and intercept long-range missiles.
• Germany will also commit to continue making its Boxer armored personnel carrier in the UK.

All of this will be overseen by a new set of committees designed to manage and improve the Anglo-German relationship.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer began negotiations in July as he made Germany his first overseas destination after being elected. It completes a trinity of bilateral deals with Britain and France’s Lancaster House Agreement and Germany and France’s Aachen Treaty. Now each member of this trio has deals with the other two. It effectively creates a new alliance, known as the European-3, or E3.

The deal is momentous. The two countries are nato allies and have fought alongside each other—but have never had a defense cooperation agreement on this scale. But it is also uncontroversial and little remarked on in the UK. The only controversy is a Conservative member of Parliament complaining that Labour took credit for negotiations he started. That in itself is revealing. Britain trusts Germany so much that this increased military cooperation barely makes the news.

Britain voted to leave the European Union in 2016. Fears of the creation of a European Defense Union or European army played a part in Britain voting to quit. Now Britain is being drawn into a defense alliance with the two nations that would form the backbone of any EU military.

More than that, the agreement shows how totally Britain trusts Germany. The United States shows the same trust. In 1996, it allowed Germany to establish the first permanent foreign military base in America, the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry warned about the decision in 1999, in his article “Alamogordo: A Mistake You Only Make Once.” He quoted Winston Churchill’s haunting words to any that would dismiss the prospect of all-out war, from his history of World War i, World Crisis:

They sound so very cautious and correct, these deadly words. Soft, quiet voices purring, courteous, grave, exactly measured phrases in large, peaceful rooms. But with less warning cannons had opened fire and nations had been struck down by this same Germany. … It is too foolish, too fantastic to be thought of in the 20th century. Or is it fire and murder leaping out of the darkness at our throats, torpedoes ripping the bellies of half-awakened ships, a sunrise on a vanished naval supremacy, and an island well-guarded hitherto, at last defenseless? No, it is nothing. No one would do such things. Civilization has climbed above such perils. The interdependence of nations in trade and traffic, the sense of public law, the Hague Convention, liberal principles, the Labour Party, high finance, Christian charity, common sense have rendered such nightmares impossible. Are you quite sure? It would be a pity to be wrong. Such a mistake could only be made once—once for all.

Today, almost no one is concerned about this trust in Germany. Many believe we have climbed above the perils of all-out war. Others believe such a war could be triggered by a rogue state like Iran, or a rising superpower rival like China. But for a country to be a friend and ally, and then turn on Britain or America? No, it is nothing. No one would do such things.

History warns us not to be so dismissive. Other nations have been caught napping. As Mr. Flurry related, Germany’s own history shows it uses such tactics.

Germany is becoming more assertive in taking the lead militarily. The same week, the nation officially inaugurated a new multinational naval headquarters in Rostock, Germany. The Command Task Force Baltic headquarters will coordinate all nato’s naval activities in the Baltic. A German admiral will run the center, leading staff from 11 other nato countries.

It is not just history that warns us we live in a world in which nations gain another nation’s trust before betraying the other. The Bible has even more specific warnings. God tells Britain and America He will “raise up thy lovers against thee” (Ezekiel 23:22). Those nations that we look to, trust and think love us and have our best interests at heart will turn against us.

Hosea 5:13 warns that “when Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian and sent to king Jareb.” As Herbert W. Armstrong showed in his free book The United States and Britain in Prophecy, Ephraim refers to Britain, and Judah to the Jews in the Middle East. Both turn to Assyria—modern-day Germany—for help with their critical problems.

As Israel looks for long-term solutions in Gaza and Lebanon, watch for it to turn to Germany and Europe. Britain is already looking to Germany for its defense. But both will be betrayed.

For more on this prophesied betrayal, read our article “Europe and America: They’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.”