Allied Command Europe (Noun)
Meaning
A major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The Allied Command Europe was one of the two main military commands of NATO, the other being Allied Command Atlantic.
- Supreme Allied Commander Europe exercises his operational authority through the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps.
- Allied Command Europe is a major strategic headquarters of NATO that safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey.
- During the Cold War, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe had the responsibility of defending against a Soviet ground invasion of Western Europe.
- Allied Command Europe has its roots in the post-World War II reorganization of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force.