Observation Post Alpha
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Observation Post Alpha, OP Alpha, or Point Alpha was a Cold War observation post between Rasdorf, Hesse, West Germany and Geisa, Thuringia, East Germany. The post overlooked part of the "Fulda Gap", w
NATO Observation Post Alpha, watchtower.
Reconstructed border fence and NATO observation tower, near Rasdorf, Germany.
East German border fortification near OP Alpha
East German watchtower adjacent to OP Alpha
Fulda Gap
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The Fulda Gap, an area between the Hesse-Thuringian border, the former Inner German border, and Frankfurt am Main, contains two corridors of lowlands through which tanks might have driven in a surpris
Observation Post Alpha
…Point Alpha was a Cold War observation post between Rasdorf, Hesse, West Germany and Geisa, Thuringia, East Germany. The post overlooked part of the "Fulda Gap", which would have been an invasion route for Warsaw Pact forces had the Cold War erupted into actual warfare. It was abandoned by the military in 1991…
Theoretical attack routes through the Fulda Gap. The southern one through Fulda, the northern one through Alsfeld. The Vogelsberg Mountains rise between the two routes.
Terrain near the central German town of Fulda
A soldier of the U.S. 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment on duty in the Fulda Gap during the Cold War
11th ACR memorial at the former Downs Barracks, Fulda, Germany