Exercise Longstep
1952 NATO naval exercise in eastern Mediterranean Sea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Exercise Longstep was a ten-day NATO naval exercise held in the Mediterranean Sea during November 1952 under the overall command of Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN, the Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINCAFSOUTH). This exercise involved over 170 warships and 700 aircraft, and it featured a large-scale amphibious assault along the western coast of Turkey. With Exercise Grand Slam, this exercise served as the prototype for future NATO maritime exercises in the Mediterranean Sea during the Cold War.
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Part of Cold War (1947–1953) | |
Type | NATO multi-lateral naval exercises |
Location | NATO Southern Region: Northern Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Turkey |
Planned by | Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) |
Objective | Deployment of NATO naval and amphibious forces |
Date | November 1952 |
Executed by | Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN, Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINCAFSOUTH) |
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