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NORTHAG wartime structure in 1989
The
Northern
Army
Group
(NORTHAG) was a NATO military
formation comprising five Army
Corps from five NATO member
nations. During the Cold War
NORTHAG was NATO's forward
defence in the Northern half of the
Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
The Southern half of the Federal
Republic of Germany was to be
defended by the four Army Corps of
NATO's Central Army Group
(CENTAG).
During
wartime
NORTHAG would command four
frontline corps (I Dutch, I German, I
British, I Belgian) and one reserve
corps (III US). Air support was
provided by Second Allied Tactical
Air Force.
2nd UK
3rd PzD
11th PgD
1 UK
5th ID
4 NL
1 NL
7th PzD
2nd AD
1st CD
1 d'Inf.
1st PzD
4 UK
3 UK
16 Pantser
In 1966, France had withdrawn from
the NATO Military Command
Structure, but still wished to take part
in the defence of Western Europe. A
series of secret agreements made
between NATOs Supreme Allied
NORTHAG major unit locations 1989
Commander Europe (SACEUR) and
the French Chief of the Defence Staff
detailed how French forces would
reintegrate into the NATO Command Structure in case of war.
[1]
At the outbreak of hostilities plans were
underway to place the French First Army directly under the command of Supreme Headquarters Allied
Powers Europe (SHAPE). There were two additional French large formations, the III Corps, and Rapid
Action Force (FAR) associated with the Army Group. From 1983 to 1984, Isby and Kamps write that
planning was underway to possibly use III Corps and FAR formations in NORTHAG "although they
would, like all French forces, remain under national operational command."
[2]
Contents
Army Group Headquarters
British rear and communications zones
Commander Engineers BAOR
Commander Postal & Courier Service BAOR
Commander Communications BAOR
Commander Transport & Movements BAOR
Commander Medical BAOR
Commander Supply BAOR
Commander Maintenance BAOR
Provost Marshal BAOR
HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)
I Netherlands Corps
1e Divisie
3rd Panzer Division
4e Divisie
5e Divisie
101e Infanteriebrigade
I (NL) Corps Artillery
I (NL) Corps Logistic Command
I German Corps
1st Panzer Division
7th Panzer Division
11th Panzergrenadier Division
27th Airborne Brigade
1 British Corps
1st Armoured Division
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Armoured Division
4th Armoured Division
I Belgian Corps
1er Division d'Infanterie
16de Pantserdivisie
Northern Territorial Command
III US Corps
1st Cavalry Division
2nd Armored Division
5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
3rd Armored Cavalry
III Corps Artillery
13th Corps Support Command
References
External links
Army Group Headquarters
What can be gathered publicly about the wartime structure of NORTHAG in the autumn of 1989 at the end
of the Cold War follows below. It is not drawn from one single source, and may be inconsistent and/or
incomplete.
Headquarters Northern Army Group,
JHQ Rheindahlen, Federal Republic of Germany
note
1
12 Flight AAC, RAF Wildenrath, (4x Aérospatiale Gazelle AH.1)
German Signal Battalion 840
Dutch Signal Company
13th Belgian Signal Company
NORTHAG Signal Company (Air Support), which consisted of soldiers from all four
nations.
British rear and communications zones
During the transition to war, the support units of the British Army of the Rhine would have formed the
British Rear Combat Zone Command headquartered in Düsseldorf, which would have supplied the fighting
forces and guarded the lines of communication within West Germany. Further West in Belgium was the
British Communications Zone Command, which was headquartered in Emblem, outside Antwerp and
tasked with receiving reinforcements and supplies from Great Britain and to co-ordinate their onward
movement to 1 (BR) Corps.
[3]
The following infantry battalions, based in the United Kingdom, were tasked with Rear Area Security in
BAOR's Communications Zone and Rear Combat Zone:
2nd Btn, Royal Green Jackets, Dover, (43x Saxon APC, 8x FV721 Fox, 8x 81mm Mortars)
1st Btn, 52nd Lowland Volunteers (V), Glasgow
2nd Btn, 51st Highland Volunteers (V), Elgin
3rd (Volunteer) Btn, Royal Regiment of Wales (V), Cardiff
4th (Volunteer) Btn, Queen's Lancashire Regiment (V), Preston
4th (Volunteer) Btn, Royal Irish Rangers (V), Portadown
5th (Volunteer) Btn, Royal Irish Rangers (V), Armagh
5th/8th (Volunteer) Btn, King's Regiment (V), Warrington
Commander Engineers BAOR
Commander Engineers BAOR, JHQ Rheindahlen
30th Engineer Brigade (V), Stafford, UK - the brigade would join BAOR within 72 hours
of mobilization.
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia), Monmouth
75th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), Manchester
111th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V), Camberley
125th (Staffordshire) Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers, Stoke-on-Trent
143rd Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers, Walsall
30th Engineer Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Stafford
40th Army Engineer Support Group, Royal Engineers, Willich
38th Engineer Regiment,
Royal Engineers, Ripon, UK, supports the RAF Harrier Force
39th Engineer Regiment (Airfield Damage Repair),
Royal Engineers, Waterbeach, UK
101st (London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal),
Royal Engineers
(V), London, UK
10th Field Squadron (Airfields), 38th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Gütersloh,
(Forward deployed, 24x FV432 APC, 12x FV103 Spartan, 9x engineer vehicles)
14th Independent Topographic Squadron, Royal Engineers, Ratingen
52nd Field Squadron (Construction), 22nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, RAF
Bruggen, (Forward deployed)
135th Independent Topographic Squadron,
Royal Engineers (V), London, UK
501st Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol),
Royal Engineers (V), Camberley, UK
503rd Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol),
Royal Engineers (V), Camberley, UK, tasked with
repairing damage to the Central European Pipeline System
516th Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol), Royal Engineers, RAF Gütersloh
520th Specialist Team (Well Drilling),
Royal Engineers (V), Camberley, UK
521st Specialist Team (Well Drilling),
Royal Engineers, Camberley, UK
Commander Postal & Courier Service BAOR
Commander Postal & Courier Service BAOR, Royal Engineers, Düsseldorf
3rd Postal & Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, Düsseldorf
4th (NATO) Postal & Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, Brunssum, Netherlands
Commander Communications BAOR
Commander Communications BAOR, JHQ Rheindahlen
4th Signal Group, JHQ Rheindahlen
13th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Birgelen, BAOR's Signals Intelligence unit,
one squadron at RAF Gatow in West Berlin
16th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Krefeld
21st Signal Regiment (Air Support), Royal Signals, RAF Wildenrath, supports Royal
Air Force Germany/2 ATAF
56th Signal Squadron,
Royal Signals (V), Sandgate, UK
608th Signal Troop (Cipher Equipment), Royal Signals, Viersen
NORTHAG Signal Support Group, JHQ Rheindahlen
28th Signal Regiment (NORTHAG), Royal Signals, Sankt Tönis
227th Signal Squadron (AFCENT), Royal Signals, Maastricht, Belgium
228th Signal Squadron (SHAPE), Royal Signals, Mons, Belgium
641st Signal Troop 2 ATAF, Royal Signals, JHQ Rheindahlen
11th Signal Brigade (V),
Stafford, UK - the brigade was planned to join BAOR within 72
hours of mobilization.
31st (Greater London) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), London
33rd (Lancashire & Cheshire) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), Huyton
35th (South Midlands) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), Sutton Coldfield
12th Signal Brigade (V), Chelsea, UK - the brigade would join BAOR within 72 hours of
mobilization.
34th (Northern) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), Middlesbrough
36th (Eastern) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), Wanstead
40th (Ulster) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), Belfast
81st Signal Squadron, Royal Signals (V), Catterick
Commander Transport & Movements BAOR
Commander Transport & Movements BAOR
HQ 2nd Transport Group, Royal Corps of Transport, Düsseldorf
156th (Merseyside & Greater Manchester) Transport Regiment,
Royal Corps of
Transport (V), Birkenhead, UK
160th Transport Regiment,
Royal Corps of Transport (V), Grantham, UK
161st Ambulance Regiment,
Royal Corps of Transport (V), Grantham, UK
163rd Transport and Movement Regiment,
Royal Corps of Transport (V), Grantham,
UK
79th Railway Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, Mönchengladbach, (17x
Locomotives, 265x Rolling Stock)
275th Railway Squadron,
Royal Corps of Transport (V), Grantham, UK
71st Movement Control Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, Mönchengladbach
Joint Helicopter Support Unit (Germany), Gütersloh, joint RAF/Army unit supporting
No. 18 Squadron RAF's Boeing CH-47 Chinook transport helicopters
414th Tank Transporter Unit,
Royal Corps of Transport, Bulford, UK
HQ Communications Zone, Royal Corps of Transport
, Antwerp, Belgium
602nd Transport Unit, Royal Corps of Transport, Antwerp, Belgium
68th Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, JHQ Rheindahlen
221st Transport Squadron,
Royal Corps of Transport (V), Glasgow, UK
Commander Medical BAOR
Commander Medical BAOR,
Düsseldorf
Commander Medical Rear Communication Zone,
Düsseldorf
30th General Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps, Woolwich, UK
31st General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps, Iserlohn
201st (Northern) General Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Newton Aycliffe,
UK
205th (Scottish) General Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Inverness, UK
207th (Manchester) General Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Blackburn, UK
208th (Merseyside) General Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Ellesmere Port,
UK
224th Field Ambulance,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Stoke-on-Trent, UK
225th (Highland) Field Ambulance,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Forfar, UK
252nd (Highland) Field Ambulance,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Aberdeen, UK
253rd (Northern Ireland) Field Ambulance,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Belfast,
UK
304th General Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), UK
82nd Field Medical Equipment Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps, Düsseldorf
382nd Field Medical Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
Commander Medical Communication Zone,
Antwerp, Belgium
34th Evacuation Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps, Catterick, UK
308th Evacuation Hospital,
Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Aldershot, UK

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