Allied Forces Northern Europe
Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH) |
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active | 1952 to 1994 |
Type | NATO command area |
Insinuation | SHAPE |
Seat | Kolsås leir military base near Bærum , Norway |
The Allied Forces Northern Europe ( AFNORTH ; German Allied Armed Forces Northern Europe ) was a NATO command area for Northern Europe with headquarters in Oslo and from 1954 to 1994 in Kolsås near Bærum , Norway .
history
AFNORTH was established in 1952. After the end of the Cold War , AFNORTH was integrated into the new command area Allied Forces Northwestern Europe (Allied Forces Europe Northwest; AFNORTHWEST) in 1994 .
The area of responsibility of Allied Forces Northern Europe included the states of Denmark and Norway , as well as the states of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein . This also included the areas of the North Sea , Skagerrak , Kattegat and the Baltic Sea with Belten and Sund .
The commanders were most recently officers of the rank of general or admiral from the United Kingdom.
The acronym AFNORTH was used from 2000 to 2004 to designate a NATO command authority, Regional Command Allied Forces North Europe , later the Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum .
Structure 1953
- NATO Regional Command for Northern Europe (AFNORTH) with headquarters in Oslo, Norway
- Allied Land Forces Norway command authority in Oslo
- Allied Land Forces Denmark command authority in Copenhagen
- Allied Air Forces Northern Europe Command Authority in Sandvika
- Allied Naval Forces Northern Europe command authority in Oslo
Structure 1962-1993
- NATO Regional Command for Northern Europe (AFNORTH) with headquarters in Kolsås, Norway
- Command authority Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (BALTAP; dt .: Allied command Baltic Approaches) with headquarters in Karup , Denmark
- the commander of the land forces in Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (COMLANDJUT)
- the Commander of the Land Forces in Zealand (COMLANDSEALAND)
- the Commander of the Air Force Baltic Sea Accesses (COMAIRBALTAP) in Karup and
- the Commander of the Naval Forces Baltic Sea Accesses (COMNAVBALTAP) in Karup (initially in Kiel- Holtenau).
- Command authority Allied Command South Norway (SONOR; Allied Command Norway), with headquarters in Stavanger and
- Command authority Allied Command North Norway (NON; Allied Command Northern Norway), with headquarters in Bodo .
- Command authority Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (BALTAP; dt .: Allied command Baltic Approaches) with headquarters in Karup , Denmark
Individual evidence
- ^ Bernard A. Cook: Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia, Volume II. New York 2001, p. 869.
- ↑ Bernd Lemke , Dieter Krüger , Heinz Rebhan, Wolfgang Schmidt : The Air Force 1950 to 1970. Concept, structure, integration. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57973-8 , p. 489.
- ↑ NATO Office of Information and Press: NATO Handbook. 1992.