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| Russia and US launch joint military exercises |
| 2005-06-02 |
| From the "Things I never expected to see in my lifetime" file:GRAFENWOHR - Former Cold War enemies Russia and America launched their first joint military exercises on German territory on Thursday. The exercises took place at the US military base in Grafenwohr in the southern state of Bavaria, and involved around 500 soldiers from both countries. Armoured tanks carried out manoeuvres on terrain used by the US army for warfare simulations and to test new weapons. Better meeting at Graf than in the Fulda Gap.The name of the joint operation was 'Torgau 2005', inspired by the eastern city of Torgau where the World War Two allies met on 25 April 1945, shortly before defeating the Nazi regime. Camp Grafenwohr was one of the Hitler's army's main training grounds during the Nazi period. A US officer taking part in the exercise commented "We want to remove the barriers so we can co-operate more in the future", in remarks quoted by Deutsche Welle. The joint exercises started last month at a camp located near Moscow. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 LotR: It must have been complicated. In Soviet terminology, the Reds are the "good guys" while Blue is the enemy. This terminology goes back before WWII. (I have reports from the pre-invasion wargames.) |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-06-02 16:38 |
| #4 I read somewhere that as soon as both forces left their LD's (Line of Departure) the French embassy faxed in their official surrender of France signed by Chirac himself. The US and Russian govenments then faxed back a message that they will appoint Chirac "Occupation Minister for Life" and that all Rusain and US troops/civilians are henceforth forbidden to enter France indefinitly. |
| Posted by: 98zulu 2005-06-02 15:54 |
| #3 I'm certain the EU mobile force took notice. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-02 15:06 |
| #2 The part I have the hardest time believing is that the Germans allowed the Ruskies in, with weapons...... |
| Posted by: Jeamp Uninemble1142 2005-06-02 14:46 |
| #1 Wow. I wonder who played the "Red" force. ;) |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-06-02 12:51 |