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The Bavarian Army was the army of the Electorate (1682–1806) and then Kingdom (1806–1918) of Bavaria. It existed from 1682 as the standing army of Bavaria until the merger of the military sovereignty ( Wehrhoheit) of Bavaria into that of the German State in 1919. The Bavarian Army was never comparable to the armies of the Great Powers of ...
Coordinates: 48°08′50″N 11°33′04″E. The building of the Bavarian War College today. The Bavarian War College, also Bavarian Staff College [1] ( Ge: Bayerische Kriegsakademie) was the highest military facility to educate, instruct, train, and develop general staff officers . It was active from 1867 to the beginning of World War I in ...
Foreign Military Sales ( FMS) is a security assistance program of the United States government to facilitate the purchase of U.S. arms, defense equipment, design and construction services, and military training to foreign governments. [1] FMS is a government-to-government program where the United States Department of Defense through the Defense ...
Franz Josef Popp (14 January 1886 in Vienna – 29 July 1954 in Stuttgart) was one of three men responsible for the founding of BMW AG and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to 1942. A number of different candidates have been put forward as the “founders” of BMW AG. In the absence of Karl Rapp, Gustav Otto, Max Friz or Camillo ...
U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria Installations in Bavaria, Germany. The United States Army Garrison Bavaria is a Army garrison of the United States Army headquartered in Grafenwöhr, Germany, with four locations, which include Grafenwöhr (Tower Barracks), Vilseck (Rose Barracks), Hohenfels (Hohenfels Training Area) and Garmisch (George C. Marshall Center and NATO School), along with Grafenwöhr ...
The Marine Corps Systems Command ( MCSC) is the acquisition command of the United States Marine Corps, made up of Marines, sailors, civilians and contractors. As the only systems command in the Marine Corps, MCSC serves as Head of Contracting Authority and exercises technical authority for all Marine Corps ground weapon and information ...
During the reign of Ludwig II of Bavaria, it was renamed once more to Generalstab. The office of the Chief of the General Staff was located in Munich. The General Staff of the army supported the supreme command of the army, and was point of contact for the Truppengeneralstäbe ( general staffs of troops ), the general staffs of the divisional ...
Kriegsschule. (Germany) A Kriegsschule was a general military school used for basic officer training and higher education in Germany starting in as early as the 17th century. [1] There have been many Kriegsakademies ( War academy ), ' Kriegsschulen' (War Schools), or even Ritterakademies ( Knight academy) in Germany.