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Old 15th Mar 2022, 21:17
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Originally Posted by mopardave
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but I always wondered why we didn't keep some assets in Germany on a care and maintenance basis.......but then does "care and maintenance" exist anymore? The headlong rush to reap the rewards of the "peace dividend" has surely backfired........big time.
We gave back Sennelager in 2020...and then a year later moved back in

Realistically, do we need British bases abroad, or just APODs/SPODs maintained by Allied nations for forward basing?
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