It''s not a readily told story....but as WW II ended......the US military staged itself primarily in France. Between 1950 and 1967...the US Air Force operated 11 bases in France.
On 7 March 1966...French President Charles de Gaulle gave a one-year notice to the US and NATO....they were to leave from France.
Most would agree....news media attention in the US was minimal, and if you had asked a hundred Americans about this 'eviction'...probably fewer than ten knew what was going on.
The US Air Force Headquarters? It left France, and for a brief period....was in Wiesbaden....later moved to Ramstein.
Trigger for the eviction? Some de Gaulle feelings from the Kennedy assassination existed....that the attempted assassination on him (de Gaulle), 1962, had lead back to CIA operatives in France. So 'trust' was a bitter issue.
EUCOM HQ's? That was centered in Paris.....until early 1967....being moved to Stuttgart, Germany.
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