General Sir Martin Farndale on Operation Lionheart

Title

General Sir Martin Farndale on Operation Lionheart

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Sep 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:03:42

Description

Paul Maurice interviews General Sir Martin Farndale, commander of Britain’s forces in Europe, talks about Operation Lionheart, an exercise in West Germany aimed to test NATO armed forces ability to withstand a chemical attack, and on NATO not having chemical weapons itself.

Contributors

Paul Maurice; Martin Farndale

Keywords

Armed forces; UK; Great Britain; Defence; Military training; NATO; Military exercises; Disarmament; Chemical weapons; Germany FR; Chemical warfare

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