manoeuvre
in 1987, a major two-week NATO manoeuvre took place in lower saxony: reforger 87 - certain strike. 78,300 soldiers, including an entire us corps, as well as 20,000 wheeled and 2,200 tracked vehicles from the usa, brd, uk, nl and be took part under the leadership of army group north (NORTHAG), which was disbanded in 1993.