Some US troops would reposition to the Black Sea region and some could temporarily be deployed in waves to the Baltics, which is likely to irk Moscow
US soldiers prior to an artillery live fire event by the US Army Europe's 41st Field Artillery Brigade at the military training area in Grafenwöhr, southern Germany, on March 4 2020. Picture: AFP/CHRISTOF STACHE
US defence secretary Mark Esper has sought, however, to present the pullout in a way that would prevent undermining Nato and its efforts to deter Russian intervention, following Moscow’s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. In total, about 5,400 troops of the 12,000 leaving Germany are expected to remain in Europe. Many of the remaining forces will be based in the US but will rotate into Europe for temporary deployments without their families.
The premiers of four German states that host US troops have appealed to members of the US Congress to block Trump’s withdrawal, which current and former American officials have criticised as politically, not strategically, driven.
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