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° Exercise Mainbrace was the first large-scale naval exercise undertaken by the newly established Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT), one of the two principal military commands of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It was part of a series of NATO exercises jointly commanded by Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, USN, and Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Matthew B. Ridgeway, U.S. Army, during the Fall of 1952. ==Naval activities in north Atlantic, 1946-1951== The strategic importance of control of Norway and the adjacent Norwegian and Barents seas was recognized by Anglo-American naval planners as early as the First World War. The invasion and Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Norway during World War II confirmed the importance of the region, as Germany was able to establish bases for submarine and air operations against Allied convoys bound for the Soviet seaport of Murmansk.〔Allard. "Strategic Views of the US Navy and NATO on the Northern Flank, 1917-1991"〕 Following the Second World War, several former allied navies executed a number of individual and multinational exercises, including: * Operation Frostbite ''(pictured)'', a 1946 naval exercise involving U.S. Navy Task Group 21.11 led by the aircraft carrier that operated in the Davis Straits between Labrador and Greenland;〔(Midway History and Events: Shake Down and Operation Frostbite )〕 * Exercise Verity, a 1949 combined naval exercise involving the British, French, and Dutch navies which carried out naval bombardment, convoy escort, minesweeping, and Motor Torpedo Boat attack evolutions;〔"SACLANT: Guardian of the Atlantic" ''All Hands'', October 1952〕 * Exercise Activity, a 1950 Dutch-led naval exercise to refine combined communications and tactical procedures;〔 and * Exercise Progress, a 1951 French-led combined naval operation with Belgian, French, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and British naval units that participating in antisubmarine warfare operations, air defense maneuvers, minesweeping operations, and convoy exercises.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Exercise Mainbrace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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