We know it from disaster films: When there is a crisis, the military has to respond. But now also in real life? No!

In recent days, amateur videos of troop transports have been increasingly circulating on social media: tanks on freight wagons, military transport trucks on the highway. Many naysayers quickly create their own picture: We are facing an invasion called “Defender Europe 20”!

Defender Europe 20: A secret invasion?
Defender Europe 20: A secret invasion?

The above Facebook post , which has been shared almost 1,800 times as of this writing, makes dark speculations:

“Something's going on! While the media is “entertaining” us with the Corona virus, 40,000 US special forces are landing across the EU.

While headlines, shows and social media in Italy are now flooded with the global coronavirus issue, 20,000 US troops are currently being deployed to up to 7 European airports, adding 10,000 more US troops in Europe and 7,000 other troops from various European countries.

For what purposes did a total of 37,000 armed-to-the-teeth US soldiers come?”

The author then kindly states the reason herself: It isDefender-Europe 20 ” or “Defender 20” for short, a maneuver by the US military with the participation of 18 NATO countries, in which a total of 37,000 soldiers took part Europe should move towards Poland.

But the press asked why such a maneuver would be carried out when the risk of infection from the new coronavirus is so great, not to mention countless pages and users who suspect the same thing as the Facebook user: an invasion!

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“Why didn’t I know about this?”

I don't know, maybe I didn't read the newspaper or watch the news? It has been known since October 2019 that this maneuver will take place, but with all the panic surrounding the new coronavirus, it seems that only now has some people noticed that military transports are mainly on the move at night.

This in itself is nothing secret; on the contrary, Lieutenant General Martin Schelleis even announced it :

“We will of course inform the press and the media. In the worst case, there will be traffic jams and traffic disruptions. We want to minimize that by marching at night.”

Defender-Europe-20 is frozen!

Already on March 11, the US European Command announced on Twitter and on their homepage that they would significantly reduce the number of US soldiers taking part in the maneuver.
On March 13, the Bundeswehr canceled its participation in the exercise.
On the same day it was decided that there would be no further troop movements and that no more soldiers would be flown in.

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Conclusion

This large-scale maneuver called “Defender Europe 20” has been known since October, long before the new coronavirus first appeared.

It therefore makes no sense to see a temporal connection between troop movements and SARS-CoV-2. In addition, soldiers also want to stay healthy: The maneuver has been “frozen”, and nothing is yet known about what will happen next with regard to the maneuver.

Article image: Shutterstock / By Gorodenkoff


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