Military exercise of the British Army of the Rhine in West Germany during the 1980s
Image In the 1980s, soldiers from the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) taking part in a military exercise in West Germany wait to board a Chinook helicopter of the No 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. The aim of the BAOR, stationed in West Germany, was to defend the North German Plain against the possibly of Soviet invasion.
Source and copyright
Source: British troops board a Chinook helicopter of No 18 Squadron RAF during an exercise in the 1980s [online]. BRITISH ARMED FORCES IN GERMANY 1976-2000. Part of BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE (BAOR). British Army official photographer. London: Imperial War Museum. Black and White. © Crown copyright. IWM (CT 1253).
Catalogue number CT 1253.
Available at: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191287.
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