Pentagon Cancels 4,000-Troop Poland Deployment as Trump Signals Deeper Europe Cuts
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Updated · The New York Times · May 14
Pentagon Cancels 4,000-Troop Poland Deployment as Trump Signals Deeper Europe Cuts
12 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 14
More than 4,000 U.S. troops slated for Poland will no longer deploy, Army officials said, marking the second major American force reduction in Europe this month.
The cancellation came without a public Pentagon explanation and surprised many military officials, even though Poland hosts about 7,400 U.S. troops and the Army’s V Corps forward headquarters in Poznan.
Two weeks earlier, the Pentagon said it would withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, redeploying them to the United States and other overseas posts while also scrapping a Biden-era plan for a missile-equipped artillery unit in Europe.
Trump has said cuts in Europe will go well beyond 5,000 troops from Germany and has threatened reductions in Italy and Spain, while Pentagon officials frame the broader shift as pushing European allies to assume more of the continent’s defense.
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