By Peter April
Posted 6 hours ago, Updated 6 hours ago
As the highlight of the binational military cooperation, more than 1,500 men from the Franco-German Brigade (BFA) will take part in the Feldberg exercise at the Münster military training area (Lower Saxony) on October 25. MORITZ FRANKENBERG/dpa Picture Alliance via AFP
REPORT – Last October, 1,500 men from the Franco-German Brigade took part in Exercise Feldberg.
Sent to Munster
The enemy’s name is Ocasius, but behind that name is Russia, which is attacking a NATO country christened Altraverdo. And under the green tent that protects the command post of the state under attack, in front of the computer screens and the operational map, are officers of the Franco-German Brigade, who follow the troop movements in the dark. Dots flash, rectangles move, a location has just been retaken by the enemy. Outside, on the military site in Münster (Lower Saxony), the Bundeswehr’s largest at 102 hectares, the fire is crackling, the caterpillars are plowing the ground, and engineers are building a dyke over a watercourse. An explosion sounds.
On October 26, 2022, 1,500 men from the brigade participated in Exercise Feldberg for the first time since the pandemic. This maneuver, which began two weeks earlier and was the culmination of Franco-German military cooperation, ended that day in a simulation…
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