German Army Signal Corps 1934 - 1939.
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:02 pm
Hello to all ; here goes something dealing with the reconstruction of the German Army Signal's branch.........
Reconstruction of the German Army Signal’s branch.
Just days after taking power, Hitler informed the army leadership that their target was that Germany went out of the military and political imprisonment in order to become a state which would led the European policy. On February 3, 1933, the generals were told about his intention that the army - as the main guarantee for achieving this goal - soon had to expand again in order to use it later, if necessary, to conquer Lebensraum in the East if Germany needed it.
For the Army Branch of Communications, the spring of 1933 brought the first - yet secret - rearmament measures:
• creation of new battalions (Abteilungen) plus the organization of radio companies in the already existing abteilungen.
• increase the number of officers cadets since April 1, 1933 by eight times;
• increase the number of officers and NCOs with former soldiers of communications and prepare them for new tasks.
The creation of new formations were carried out by cells. For this, existing companies or officers or NCOs were used to form the basis of the new organizations, which were filled later with conscripted recruits. Thus the process of expanding the Army Communications branch until the beginning of the war in 1939 took place in three separate periods.
Sources: 25. Army Photo Album - Nachrichten Abtl. 243 - Danzig, France. Sábado, 07 de Noviembre de 2009, 09:02:11
http://www.hgkampe.homepage.t-online.de ... ichten.htm
Cheers. Raúl M .
Reconstruction of the German Army Signal’s branch.
Just days after taking power, Hitler informed the army leadership that their target was that Germany went out of the military and political imprisonment in order to become a state which would led the European policy. On February 3, 1933, the generals were told about his intention that the army - as the main guarantee for achieving this goal - soon had to expand again in order to use it later, if necessary, to conquer Lebensraum in the East if Germany needed it.
For the Army Branch of Communications, the spring of 1933 brought the first - yet secret - rearmament measures:
• creation of new battalions (Abteilungen) plus the organization of radio companies in the already existing abteilungen.
• increase the number of officers cadets since April 1, 1933 by eight times;
• increase the number of officers and NCOs with former soldiers of communications and prepare them for new tasks.
The creation of new formations were carried out by cells. For this, existing companies or officers or NCOs were used to form the basis of the new organizations, which were filled later with conscripted recruits. Thus the process of expanding the Army Communications branch until the beginning of the war in 1939 took place in three separate periods.
Sources: 25. Army Photo Album - Nachrichten Abtl. 243 - Danzig, France. Sábado, 07 de Noviembre de 2009, 09:02:11
http://www.hgkampe.homepage.t-online.de ... ichten.htm
Cheers. Raúl M .