© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2003/01 🇬🇧 Operation “TELIC 1” 28 Engineer Regiment Loading at Hameln Station Photos by Rainer Preuss **2003** – The world was ablaze, and the war knew no mercy. Not even the gates of the tranquil Weser town of Hamelin could hold it back. The 28 …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1988.11.01 – 1988.11.27 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “IRON HAMMER” Memories by Jeremy Retford In 1988, Jeremy joined the Procurement Team at the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) in London. There, he took responsibility for the M2D Dvhnrlldvhimm bridge, a proven amphibious vehicle, as well as the M3 Rapid Floating …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1956 – 1958 🇬🇧 26 Field Engineer Regiment – 60 Field Squadron RE – 3rd Troop Memories of John Bridgwood In recent years, my life has been quite turbulent – I’ve embarked on new paths, experienced a lot of trouble and stress, and gone through some …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1968/09/26 – 1968/10/24 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „ETERNAL TRIANGLE“ An autumn exercise in the year I was born – there must have been a lot of crashing and rattling. Around 20,000 soldiers from Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands took part in the exercise, in which the …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 15/09/2008 – 25/09/2008 🇬🇧 EXERCISE „NEPTUNE’S EAGLE / UNITED SHIELD“ The 28 Engineer Regiment from Hameln conducted the free-running exercise “NEPTUNE’S EAGLE” from 15 to 25 September 2008. It was previously reported that the Panzerpionierbataillon 1 from Holzminden supported this exercise during a Weser river crossing in Grave …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2008/09/16 🇬🇧 „SCHWARZE MAMBA“ / „NEPTUNES EAGLE“ Amid the picturesque landscape surrounding the Weser, the week in September 2008 saw a hive of activity: The 28th Engineer Regiment from Hameln conducted their spectacular exercise, “Neptune’s Eagle.” Simultaneously, the Panzerpionierbataillon 1 from Holzminden relocated via a long …
© Arnd Wöbbeking © Photos provided by Lars de Vries & Andreas Koch 2017 in May, the Exercise “Heidesturm” of the Panzerlehrbrigade 9 took part in Germany. An exercise a bit like the exercises during the Cold War. 2500 Soldiers and 400 Vehicles went from Sennelager/Paderborn to Bergen-Hohne. Included two River Crossings. One in Wndheim/Jössen …
(c) Thomas Lendorf & Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 2010/11/08 – 2010/11/12 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “NEPTUNE’S ODYSSEY” On 9 November 2010, an event took place in and around the small village of Latferde by the Weser, something that hadn’t happened in at least 20 years! You might call it one of those “couldn’t have gone worse” moments – …
© Arnd Wöbbeking & Photos by Heinrich Rajes NEPTUNE’S STRIKE, ein typisches Manöver der Royal Engineers aus Hameln! Nachtlager, Weserübergänge, Scheinsprengungen von Brücken! Wie oft ich solche Scheinsprengungen der Valentini Brücke zwischen Hagenohsen und Kirchohsen gesehen habe, kann ich nicht sagen! Leider habe ich davon kein einziges Foto, abver nichts ist unmöglich! Umso dankbarer bin …
© Eckhard Uhde Liebe Freunde der Hamelner Engineer Regimenter, auffällig war der große Übungsraum bei dieser Übung. Da musste man einige Kilometer abspulen, um auf Truppen zu stoßen. Meine Fotos habe ich im Raum Hameln, bei Ohr und auf dem Köterberg geschossen. Herzliche Grüße Eckhard “FreeLion” Uhde +++ Hi to all friends of the Engineers of …
© Gert Burkert-Opitz On 24 October 1995, this training exercise took place on the water training area in Windsheim / Jössen near Petershagen! The exercise served, inter alia, to strengthen the communion between the heavy Pionierbatallion 130 from Minden and the 28 Engineer Regiment from Hameln! Also present were, inter alia, Queens Royal Lancers from …
© British Army in Hameln.com / Arnd Wöbbeking 🇬🇧 1987/10/12 – 1987/10/22 🇬🇧 EXERCISE “KEYSTONE” In September 1987, a large-scale military exercise named “Keystone 87” took place under the command of the 2nd (UK) Infantry Division. Units of infantry brought in from the British Isles were tasked with seizing the western bank of the River …
(c) Andreas Warnecke Eine tolle Photogalerie über eines der imposantesten Manöver des “Kalten Krieges” von Andreas Warnecke. Die Photos der Weserüberquerung wurden alle in Brevörde aufgenommen! +++ A great photo gallery about one of the most impressive maneuvers of the “Cold War” by Andreas Warnecke. The photos of the Weser crossing were all taken in …
(c) Ken Howard Ebenso diese Übung wurde von dem britischen Militärmaler Ken Howard auf Leinwand festgehalten! Soweit mir bekannt ist hat er ein Foto als Vorlage verwendet! Also this exercise was arrested by the British military painter Ken Howard on canvas! As far as I understand, he has used a photo as template! — — …
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