US and NATO Military Planning on Mission of V Corps/US Army During Crises and in Wartime16 Dec 1982 |
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This extensive document of 1982 presents major parts of the secret operational plan 33001 (General Defense Plan) for the US Army's V Corps in Germany, which was expected to bear the initial brunt of any Warsaw Pact attack. It was prepared by the East German Stasi (Staatssicherheit) intelligence agency. This operational plan is the basis for defensive actions of the US V Army Corps within NATO's Central Army Group (CENTAG) and consists of two parts, the so called basic plan (OPLAN) and a part with annexes. The OPLAN includes information about the wartime intentions, objectives, and operational defensive structure of CENTAG. The annex part lists details such as the operational structure of the US V Army Corps, definitions of defense zones, and usage principles for nuclear and chemical weapons.
Collection: A Cardboard Castle?
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Document Origin (Agency): Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, GDR Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 238 Cold War Period: 1980s |
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Document Source: Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the Former Democratic Republic (BStU), Berlin Call Number: ZA, HVA, 19, pp. 126-359 Document Companion: Document No. 97 |
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