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America's "Shadow Army" in Europe

Summary by Defence24
As we can read on the official website of the United States Army Special Operations Command (https://www.army.mil/usasoc) – on June 19, 1952, Colonel Aaron Bank reported the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg ready for action. Its official mission was to "train allies," but its real purpose was to prepare Western European countries for guerrilla warfare after the expected entry of the Soviet Army.
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As we can read on the official website of the United States Army Special Operations Command (https://www.army.mil/usasoc) – on June 19, 1952, Colonel Aaron Bank reported the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg ready for action. Its official mission was to "train allies," but its real purpose was to prepare Western European countries for guerrilla warfare after the expected entry of the Soviet Army.

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Defence24 broke the news in on Sunday, July 13, 2025.
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