Stanford Training Area , originally known as Stanford Battle Area, is a British Army training area situated in the English county of Norfolk. The area is approximately 30,000 acres in size; it is some 7 miles north of the town of Thetford and 25 miles south-west of the city of Norwich.[1] The site is run by the Operational Training and Advisory Group .
The area was originally established in 1942 when a battle training area was required and a 'Nazi village' established. Military exercises were already known in the area; tanks had deployed to Thetford in the First World War. The complete takeover involved the evacuation of the villages of Buckenham Tofts, Langford, Stanford, Sturston, Tottington and West Tofts.[2]
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