European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Phase 1 aggressor attack us forces aggressor paratroop drop phase i of exercise Rainbow opened with an armoured thrust from the East by five divisions of the Asu Ressor Toth map shows the direction of the aggressor thrust and the predetermined defense line alone the main and Neckar a simulated paratroop indicated by a was a forces proved mobility in exercise rainbow9 exercise the big fall f j Neucom demonstrated that Neucom forces can move rapidly when the tactical situation War Rainbow was a Man Euver among other to test the mobility of Neucom the troops exceeded developed in three opened with a theoretical aggressor at tack from the East which caught the 1st div concentrated in routine training at Grafe Wohr and constabulary for the most at their Home tactical plan for phase i called for a rapid withdrawal by the forces to a predetermined defense line anchored on the main and Neckar the troops executed the withdrawal a Day ahead of what the Rainbow plan ners had calculated phase ii of Rainbow called for a regrouping of forces behind the main Neckar line while the aggressor continued his in phase forces broke out of their defense line in an fallout counter attack aimed at driving the aggressor Back to the the counterattack was pressed with such vigor that in several instances umpires had to Flag Down charging Rainbow ended with All main of Wurzburg and Nurnberg and the forces Well beyond their no hastily conceived rain Bow was on the planning boards in Euc oms spot division for four fact the spot staff had barely wound i exercise Shamrock last april than they started on it is difficult in stories on Rainbow to get across a Clear picture of the vast amount of staff work the exercise was played with paper work realism which was probably unmatched in previous a communications zone was on Between the Man Euver front and be and an advanced naval at also was played on Battlefield casualties prisoners of War were in another real feature Section fall developed in three were on spot i an in ing four months by Omer staff writer is tic actual replacements arriving in the theater were processed As combat replacements and sent into the the air Force played a spectacular exercise the 61st to Carrier Wing airlifted 500 Trust troops from simulating an aggressor air the 61st carried off a successful paratroop drop near which was a a never c82s released weighted parachutes simulating the drop of a regiment of aggressor in rainbows closing the 61st this flying As a air Force made an actual drop of rations to troops Over Between Wurz Burg and the drop was 90 per cent in the target the air Force in Germany was joined for Rainbow by a British Royal air Force Vampire Jet fighter a French air Force Squadron flying vain i res and a French photo recon Naissance in phase i of Rainbow the air Force split its strength to give the a Gen Thomas Neucom commander and director of exercise Rainbow leaves the platform after taking part in a Brief Ioc at Man Euver Pressor 5to3 air with planes simulating the aggressor air Midway in the exercise air superiority theoretically was gained by the air and aircraft were actually withdrawn from the aggressor to re fiet waning air ground support Given the Man Euver ing troops won High for the first time in any Neucom Man Euver umpires observed air action both from the ground and the an Umpire Rode with each Force of attacking where he was in touch with the ground Umpire during the strike by Means of Fairground the troop lineup on the main Neckar line found the 1st co Stab Brig holding the Northern North of Frankfurt the 1st inf div in the and the 2d co Stab Brig on the the British 1st Royal dragoons were on the North with the 1st Brig and a from the French 7th algerian regt was on the South with the 2d battalions of troops from Austria and Trieste took up positions in the Center of the an aggressor is Seldom but the constabulary 2d army Cav which took the role of the won kudos for the hard Hilling Job it i Gen Manton rain Bow Deputy director for the paid tribute to the 2d army Cav for the manner in which it so tirelessly and effectively represented the probably no staff Section went to greater lengths to be realistic than did it was was planned As a logical sequence of the Spring cpx which ended with the aggressor on the East Bank of the the problem How to Clear the aggressor from the zone so the fall exercise could unfold with an attack from the this was done by developing an intelligence according to the scenario the aggressor was induced by a world mediation at the close of Shamrock to withdraw to his Mythi Cal on the the Tipoff on aggressors intentions this fall was his refusal to permit representatives of the world continued on Pant x in