COLD WAR OUTPOST History Group

Briefing Issue 9- 7/13/26 NATO Special Weapons Storage Sites in Germany During the Cold War (1947–1991), NATO's strategy heavily relied on nuclear deterrence to counter the perceived threat from the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. "Special weapons" was a euphemism commonly used by the U.S. military to refer to nuclear weapons, which were deployed across Western Europe as part of NATO's nuclear sharing arrangements. West Germany, being on the front lines of the Iron Curtain,