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The German Army ( German: Heer, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine (German Navy) and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). As of January 2022, the German Army had a strength of 62,766 soldiers.
The Bundeswehr (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] ⓘ, literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, the German Navy, the German Air Force, the Joint Support Service, the Joint Medical Service, and the Cyber and ...
Sembach Kaserne, Kaiserslautern. Sheridan Barracks, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Shipton Kaserne, Ansbach. Smith Barracks, Baumholder. Spangdahlem Air Force Base, Spangdahlem. Storck Barracks, Illesheim. Stuttgart Army Airfield, Filderstadt. Mainz-Kastel Storage Station (scheduled to close in 2022) USAG Wiesbaden Military Training Area, Mainz ...
The Army Medical Service ( German: Sanitätsdienst Heer or Sanitätsdienst des Heeres [1]) is a non-combat specialty branch of the German Army traditionally responsible for providing medical services within the army, and which has a humanitarian function during armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and specific ...
Storck Barracks. / 49.47333°N 10.38639°E / 49.47333; 10.38639. Storck Barracks/Illesheim Kaserne is a United States Army facility adjacent to Illesheim, Germany, located about 15 miles northwest of Ansbach (Bavaria), about 240 miles south-southwest of Berlin . Storck Barracks is part of the United States Army Garrison (USAG) Franconia.
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( German: [ˈoːbɐkɔˌmando deːɐ̯ ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt] ⓘ; abbreviated OKW German: [oːkaːˈveː] ⓘ; Armed Forces High Command) [1] was the supreme military command and control office of Nazi Germany during World War II. Created in 1938, the OKW replaced the Reich Ministry of War and had oversight over the ...
The Bundeswehr Medical Academy ( German: Sanitätsakademie der Bundeswehr ), (short SanAkBw) is a part of the Joint Medical Service of the Bundeswehr and is subordinate of the Bundeswehr Joint Medical Service Headquarters in Koblenz. It is the central education facility for medical training in the Bundeswehr and in charge of the coordination ...
The 1st Army was activated on 26 August 1939, in Wehrkreis XII with General Erwin von Witzleben in command. Its primary mission was to take defensive positions and guard the western defences of Germany against Allied forces along the Maginot Line during the attack on Poland, making it the principal German combatant during the short-lived French Saar Offensive.