Any info on Infantry Truppenschule?

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jamill1995
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Any info on Infantry Truppenschule?

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Does anyone have information on or can point me to information on the Truppenschule for infantry officers?

For example, for US Army lieutenants and captains, their infantry officer courses were at Fort Benning.

Where did brand new German infantry officers go for infantry training? How long was the duration? Was it in one Truppenschule location, or multiple?

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Re: Any info on Infantry Truppenschule?

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Hello
All Wehrmacht officers in World War II had passed through a Kriegsschule during their training. The Wehrmacht had five Kriegsschulen: at Potsdam, Dresden, München, Hannover in a building (1842/43) formerly called 'Kadettenanstalt' and later (since 1867) 'Preußische Kriegsschule' and Wiener-Neustadt.
Officer candidates, known as Fahnenjunker undertook an extensive eight-week course, aimed at giving them a good knowledge of the basics of command. After completion of the course, the officer candidate moved off to his chosen Truppenschule or branch of service school. An example of a Truppenschule is Panzertruppenschule I in Munster, but there were also schools catering for all branches of service. Engineers, physicians and veterinarians studied longer at a military Akademie instead of progressing to a military branch school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsschule_(Germany)

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