Bundeswehr Command East
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Bundeswehr Command East |
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|---|---|
| active | Oct. 3, 1990 to July 1, 1991 |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Armed forces | armed forces |
| Armed forces |
 army
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| Type | Higher command authority |
| Strength | approx. 600 (command) approx. 180,000 (subordinate area) |
| Insinuation |
 Headquarters of the armed forces , inspector general of the Bundeswehr
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| Seat | Strausberg , Struzberg barracks |
| management | |
| Commander BwKdo Ost | Lieutenant General Jörg Schönbohm |
The Bundeswehrkommando Ost ( BwKdo Ost ) was a joint armed forces higher command authority of the Bundeswehr , in which the armed forces of the former National People's Army of the GDR were brought together after German reunification .
history
The command was set up on October 4, 1990 in the premises of the former Ministry of National Defense in Strausberg with personnel from the Bundeswehr and the former NVA . It was directly subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Defense . The commander was Lieutenant General Jörg Schönbohm , the Deputy Commander was Major General Werner von Scheven .
When it was set up, the command was responsible for:
- Army Command East
- Preparatory Staff 5th Air Force Division
- Rostock naval command
- Rod Military Area III / weir area command VII (St MB III / WBK VII)
- Military District Command VIII
The command area was quickly restructured and on April 1, 1991 consisted of:
- Corps / Territorial Command East
- Command 5th Air Force Division
- Rostock naval command
From April 1991 the tasks of the Bundeswehr Command East were gradually transferred to these commands. It was disbanded on July 1, 1991.
task
The task of the command was to reclassify the units of the NVA that had been taken over into units of the Bundeswehr and at the same time to reduce them to 50,000 soldiers before they were handed over to the armed forces. In addition, it was responsible for recording, securing and decommissioning the military equipment taken over. In addition, the BwKdo Ost ensured the training of around 15,000 recruits called up in the accession area on September 1, 1990, and the retraining of the management personnel who were taken over.
literature
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Torsten Diedrich , Hans Ehlert , Rüdiger Wenzke (eds.): Army without a future . Ch. Links, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-86153-265-4 .
- Reprinted under the title Handbook of the armed organs of the GDR . Weltbild, Augsburg 2004, ISBN 3-8289-0555-2 .
- Jörg Schönbohm: Two armies and one fatherland. The end of the People's National Army . Siedler, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-88680-452-6 .
- Dale R. Herspring: Requiem for an Army. The end of the National People's Army of the GDR (= Inner Leadership Forum , Vol. 8). German edition edited by Hans-Werner Weber. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2000, ISBN 3-7890-6862-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ weir area command VII / 13.Panzergrenadierdivision on the homepage of the Federal archive; viewed on December 27, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ VIII / 14. Panzergrenadierdivision on the homepage of the Federal Archives; viewed on December 27, 2009 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Major General Friedrich Steinseifer: “Armed Forces in United Germany; Integration of the NVA “In: Wehrtechnik 11/90
Coordinates: 52 ° 35 ′ 27 " N , 13 ° 55 ′ 11" E