Strategic concept for the defense of the North Atlantic region
The Strategic Concept for the Defense of the North Atlantic area , was developed from 1 December 1949 and 6 January 1950 by the original "The Strategic Concept for the Defense of the North Atlantic area (DC 1.6)" North Atlantic Council approved. It was NATO's first Strategic Concept .
This provided for preventing hostile aggression and repelling a possible attack on NATO. The financial resources of NATO were also agreed; the defense contribution of each member state was based on capacities, resources, economic strength and geographic conditions. It was emphasized that the Soviet Union had greater resources and that Europe was dependent on US nuclear weapons . So far, Europe's defense plans have played a subordinate role.
The concept also envisaged the establishment of a permanently operational strategic bomber fleet. A "Strategic Guidance Paper on Regional Planning (SG 13/16)" was presented as a conceptual basis for the follow-up planning of the five Regional Planning Groups set up from October 1949 onwards and by the NATO Military Committee on March 28, 1950 as Specific strategic guidelines for the use of defense planning ("Strategic Guidance for North Atlantic Regional Planning; MC 14") approved. As early as April 1, 1950, the Defense Planning Committee of NATO (DPC) adopted the "NATO Medium Term Plan (DC 13") whose medium-term defense plan up to July 1, 1954 set the armed forces goals and the establishment of 90 divisions including reserve units as well the provision of 1,000 warships and 8,000 aircraft provided. Initially, however, NATO did not have its own command structure, and the five regional planning groups Canada - USA , North Atlantic , Northern Europe , Western Europe and Southern Europe -Western Mediterranean - did not have the authority of NATO troops.
On December 3, 1952, the Strategic Concept for the Defense of the North Atlantic area has been modified and the strategic guidelines that defense planning and force goals culminated on December 9, 1952 in the Strategic Policy MC 14/1, also known as forward defense (Forward Strategy).
Individual evidence
- ^ North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Strategic Concepts
- ↑ Bruno Thoß: NATO strategy and national defense planning: Planning and building the Bundeswehr under the conditions of a massive nuclear retaliation strategy 1952-1960 , Oldenburg 2005, ISBN 3-486-57904-5