Sujet

Commander during NATO exercise in North Sea

Légende

Commander of the Matchmaker fleet, Dutch Captain Franz Visse (l), talks to German lieutenant Hülsemann (r), who had just been brought onto the destroyer Zeeland D-809 from the US destroyer USS McCloy in a high line manoeuvre during the NATO exercise Matchmaker III.
A joint maritime task force was tested under the name "Matchmaker" by the NATO from 1965 to 1967.
Troops from the Netherlands, the USA, Great Britain and Germany did participate.
The "Standing Naval Force Atlantic" (SNFL) emerged from "Matchmaker", which was an precursor of the "Standing NATO Maritime Group 1" (SNMG 1).

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Date

01 mars 1967

Crédit

Photo12/dpa-pa

Notre référence

DPA13A03_361

Licence

Droits gérés

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62,1Mo (2,2Mo) / 46,0cm x 33,8cm / 5436 x 3996 (300dpi)

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