ABSTRACT
The Danish tanks changed the way to solve wider peacekeeping tasks
forever. The tanks became a model for the existing NATO force in Bosnia. Lt General Michael Rose,
commander of UNPROFOR, 1994-951
Denmark reacted quicker than the other Nordic countries to the new situation created by the end of the Cold War. It was the first of the Nordics to initiate a fundamental restructuring of its armed forces, and the first to begin revising the traditional Nordic approach to peace operations. This makes Denmark the logical country to start with as Danish actions have influenced the other Nordic countries. As will become clear in the course of the next chapters, Denmark set examples that the other Nordic countries follow(ed). This chapter serves two objectives. The first and primary objective is to determine to what extent the new Danish approach meets the eleven requirements for success established in the previous chapter, but an effort is also made to explain why the Danish approach changed the way it did. The main points are summed up in a conclusion at the end.
