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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 ...
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 ...
Grafenwoehr Training Area (GTA) ( German: Truppenübungsplatz Grafenwöhr ), also known as the U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr (abbreviated USAG Grafenwoehr ), is a United States Army military training base located near Grafenwöhr, eastern Bavaria, Germany. At 232 square kilometres (90 square miles), [1] it is the largest training facility of ...
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress ( German: Festung Ehrenbreitstein, IPA: [ˌfɛstʊŋ ˈeːʁənbʁaɪtʃtaɪn] ⓘ) is a fortress in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the east bank of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle, overlooking the town of Koblenz .
Coordinates: 49°07′04″N 6°11′08″E. Franco-German border, 1914. The fortifications of Metz, a city in northeastern France, are extensive, due to the city's strategic position near the border of France and Germany. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the area was annexed by the newly created German Empire in 1871 by the Treaty of ...
Built to counter the imperial city of Nuremberg only 25 kilometres away, the fortress was intended to guard the Bavarian border and the Electoral Bavarian enclave near Schnaittach from the city. In 1806 Napoleon annexed Franconia to the Kingdom of Bavaria and Rothenberg then became superfluous to the Bavarian Army as a border fortress.
United States Army. Warner Barracks site in 2021. Warner Barracks was a United States Army military base in the city of Bamberg, Bavaria, southern Germany. The base had been occupied by U.S. forces since the end of World War II. Elements of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division and 45th Infantry Division entered the town on 13 and 14 April 1945 ...
The collection on military history arrived in the New Castle in Ingolstadt, in 1969. The city had been the seat of the Dukes of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and as a former Bavarian mainland fortress, possessed a rich military tradition and numerous references to the Bavarian army. In 1972 the museum was opened under the direction of director Peter Jaeckel.