List of NATO exercises
This is a list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercises.
1950–2015
- Mainbrace - Defence of Denmark and Norway during September 1952.
- 200 ships
- over 50,000 personnel[1]
- Exercise Grand Slam in the Mediterranean Sea[2]
- Exercise Longstep in the Mediterranean Sea[2]
- Exercise Italic Weld, a combined air-naval-ground exercise in northern Italy during August 1953[2]
- Exercise Grand Repulse during September 1953
- British Army on the Rhine (BAOR)[2]
- Netherlands Corps [2]
- Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AAFCE)[2]
- Exercise Monte Carlo, a simulated atomic air-ground exercise during September 1953
- Central Army Group[2]
- Exercise Weldfast, a combined amphibious landing exercise in the Mediterranean Sea during October 1953
- American, British, Greek, Italian and Turkish naval forces.[2]
- Operation Counter Punch during 1957[3]
- Operation Strikeback during 1957[3]
- Operation Deep Water during 1957[3]
- Exercise Reforger was an annual exercise and campaign conducted from 1969 to 1993
- Northern Wedding was a NATO Cold War naval military exercise, designed to test NATO's ability to rearm and resupply Europe from 1970 to 1986
- Exercise Able Archer was an annual exercise by NATO military forces in Europe. Able Archer 83, carried out in November 1983, is believed to have nearly started a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
2018
- Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 – Trøndelag, Oppland and Hedmark, Norway October–November 2018.
2020
- DEFENDER-Europe 20 “Exercise DEFENDER-Europe 20 is a U.S.-led multinational exercise, including NATO's participation. It is the largest deployment of U.S.-based forces to Europe in more than 25 years with 20,000 soldiers deployed directly from the U.S. to Europe.”[5]
References
- Baldwin, Hanson (28 September 1952). "Navies Meet the Test in Operation Mainbrace". New York Times: E7. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- Ismay, Hastings (17 September 2001). "The increase in strength". NATO the first five years 1949–1954. NATO. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- "Emergency Call". Time. 30 September 1957. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2016. p. 8.
- https://shape.nato.int/defender-europe
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