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Under the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, it was decided that British military units would cease to be permanently deployed in Germany by the end of 2019. This led to a scaling down of the British military presence, and a restructuring of command and support structures. [10] HQ British Forces Germany was formed in January 2012 ...
The Corps Warrant, which is the official list of which bodies of the British Military (not to be confused with naval) Forces were to be considered Corps of the British Army for the purposes of the Army Act, the Reserve Forces Act, 1882, and the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, had not been updated since 1926 (Army Order 49 of 1926 ...
British Army Germany (BAG) is the superior institution under which the remaining installations of the former British Forces Germany (BFG) are organised after the completion of the withdrawal of the British Armed Forces from Germany in February 2020.
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, West Germany, after the First and Second World Wars, and during the Cold War, becoming part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) tasked with defending the North German Plain from the armies of the Warsaw Pact.
The British Army retains a presence at a small number of installations primarily in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of Germany as part of what is now known as British Army Germany. [ 4 ] Overseas military bases enable the British Army to conduct expeditionary warfare , "maintain a persistent forward presence", "deter potential adversaries", and ...
The British military operates seventeen military facilities in two 'sovereign base areas' on Cyprus, [1] Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which are host to 2,290 British personnel. [24] There are also four bases in Germany and one each in Gibraltar , Jersey , Lithuania , Estonia , Czech Republic and Norway , [ 1 ] with the Norwegian base, Camp Viking ...
This meant that the British Armed Forces in Germany were reduced in strength by almost 30,000; with just one division (1st Armoured) remaining by the late 1990s. [71] After this UK forces became known as British Forces Germany, and in 2020 became known as British Army Germany.
The Sennelager Training Area (German: Truppenübungsplatz Senne) is a military training area in Germany, under the control of British Forces based in Paderborn Garrison. It covers an area of 116 square kilometres (45 square miles), and belongs to the German Government, which discharges its responsibility through its Institute for Federal Real Estate.