General of the supply force

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The general of the supply troops in the Bundeswehr was the position of the officer responsible for certain issues relating to troop training and equipment as well as repairs , usually with the rank of brigadier general .

The position of general of the supply troops was created in 1969 with the division of the technical troops of the Bundeswehr into the supply and repair troops and was associated with the commander of the supply school of the army . In 2006, both types of troops were combined in the new type of army logistics troops . At the same time, the position of the general of the supply troops was dropped in favor of the new position of the general of the army logistics troops , which was connected with the commander of the logistics school of the Bundeswehr ( armed forces base ). Corresponding positions also exist for the other branches of the army . Since this was a service position, a colonel was sometimes a "general of" the respective branch. The salutation Mr. General or Mr. Colonel was common; the salutation Mr. General of the Supply Force was unusual as it was not a rank.

Service position in the Wehrmacht

During the course of the Second World War , the supply troops were subordinate to the Army Supply Leader , who in turn was subordinate to the Quartermaster General in the Army High Command . In 1942, the supply, water supply and motor vehicle park troops as well as field post were combined in the new branch of the supply troops. The position of the supply leader was simultaneously converted into that of the general of the supply troops . At the end of 1943, up to 350,000 soldiers and around 20,000 officers were subordinate to this.

From July 1, 1943 until the end of the war, Major General Josef Windisch was general of the supply troops.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History of the Army Logistics Troops. Inspector of the Army , the head of the press and information staff , accessed on February 12, 2017 .
  2. ^ Wilhelm Wehrle: The historical development of the supply force. In: Contributions to the history of the supply troops, issue 03. Traditionsverband Logistik Rheine, accessed on February 12, 2017 .
  3. ^ Josef Windisch: The German supply force in World War II , 1953