Observation Post Alpha, OP Alpha or Point Alpha (50°43′26.15″N 09°55′54.68″ECoordinates: 50°43′26.15″N 09°55′54.68″E) was a Cold War observation post between Rasdorf, Hesse, West Germany and Geisa, Thuringia, East Germany. The post overlooked part of the Fulda Gap, which would have been a prime invasion route had the Cold War erupted into actual warfare. The "Point Alpha" memorial commemorates its forty-year existence, and was dedicated to keep it and a section of East German wall as reminders of German division and the confrontation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact in the Cold War.
Observation Post Alpha, OP Alpha or Point Alpha (50°43′26.15″N 09°55′54.68″ECoordinates: 50°43′26.15″N 09°55′54.68″E) was a Cold War observation post between Rasdorf, Hesse, West Germany and Geisa, Thuringia, East Germany. The post overlooked part of the Fulda Gap, which would have been a prime invasion route had the Cold War erupted into actual warfare. The "Point Alpha" memorial commemorates its forty-year existence, and was dedicated to keep it and a section of East German wall as reminders of German division and the confrontation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact in the Cold War.
Blick vom Gebiet westlich von Langenbieber ostwärts über Langenbieber und den Schackenberg hinweg zum Hohlstein. Hessische Rhön

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