Each battalion (620 men) consisted of 3 Pioneer companies and a 4thheavy MG company. *All dates below listed as date/month/year Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1 Formed in 1940 as the Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon, attached to 7.Flieger-Division.On 5.43 renamed Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1 with 4 companies, now attachedto 1. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division. In April 1945,the 2nd company was used to form Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon10. Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 2 Formed […]
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MILITARY POLICE I. Heer A. Feldgendarmie des Heeres B. Feldjagerkorps C. Gehime Feldpolizei D. Headquarter Guards E. Heeresstreifendienst F. Bahnofswache E. Zugwache II. Luftwaffe A. Luftwaffe Feldgendarmie B. Luftwaffe Gehime Feldpolizei III. Kriegsmarine A. Marine-Kustenpolizei IV. Waffen-SS A. Waffen-SS Feldgendarmie B. 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division C. 35.SS-Polizei-Grenadier-Division CIVIL & STATE POLICE/SECURITY V. OrpoVa. Regular Uniformed Police A. Schutzpolizei des Reichs 1. Kasernierte Polizeieinheiten (ex SA-Feldjagerkorps/Landespolizei) 1a. […]
German strategy for 1944 rested on the realization that decisive offensivescould no longer be mounted in the east and that the growing strength of theWestern Allies made almost certain a major invasion attempt before the endof the year. The prospective invasion of Western Europe presented both thegravest danger to the Reich and the most hopeful […]
Initially, the German Wehrmacht did not favor the idea of maintainingarmored trains within its arsenal. Advances in tank and aircraft technologies andtactics made the concept of large, lumbering armored trains seem a thingof the past, but none-the-less, as of July 23rd, 1938, seven armored trainswere on the rolls of the Wehrmacht. Each was formed from […]
German rear-area security considerations were an ever-evolving process. When the war started in 1939, the Germans, like everyone else, implemented their re…
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During the period of the Third Reich, there were literally hundreds of types of civilian, para-military and military ID documents, passes, booklets and tag…
For 11 years (1922 to 1933), the whole world was almost entirely shielded from Germany’s clandestine military build-up and military development efforts in …
The Reichsluftschutzbund, or National Air Raid Protection League, was formed on April 29th, 1933. Initially, the RLB was a voluntary organization staffed b…