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Bäckerei Kompanie Info
Hello,
does somebody know how far behind the frontline Bäckerei Kompanien operated/were based? I heard something like 30km but I’m not sure where I got the information from.
Would it be possible for such „behind the line units“ like Bäckerei Kompanien to be encircled with the fighting force?
Would the Bäckerei Kompanien help in fighting the enemy in case of the fighting units of their division getting/being encircled?
I would be happy for any information regarding that topic.
Anon
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08-16-2022 03:15 PM
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I don't have anything certain but I'm sure I read somewhere once that Bäckerei units were similarly placed to Main Casualty Dressing stations, so not directly in the firing line unless poorly planned. I guess in a crunch everyone who could use a weapon could be called upon. They would all have personal weapons, even the cooks.
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Is a main casualty dressing station something like a Feldlazarett?
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Hi Anon.
Not exactly. Sometihing like a First Aid Station of the Military Medical Company.
This can help you:
Photos - Papers - Propaganda of the Thrid Reich
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I agree with Black Cat. Both in an enemy offensive and during the retreat, any man from any rear unit: sanitary, veterinarians, bakers, etc. has to wield his mauser and fight for his life....
Last edited by TabsTabs1964; 08-16-2022 at 08:53 PM.
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Great, thank you both for the information!
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Not strictly related, but German medical personnel could and did carry sidearms - which could be seen as being against the Geneva Convention. US medics also did carry weapons in the Pacific too, once they saw that the Japanese did not always respect the Red Cross.
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I have a collection of photographs from a Luftwaffe cook, serving on the eastern front, which includes a photograph of the grave of a colleague - perhaps, even his own, as I have no idea who’s photographs they were.
The support arms were certainly not ‘in the rear’, as far as enemy artillery was concerned.
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German soldiers in 'non combat' units have had the same basic education as the other soldiers, so they were used in combat as well, if that has been necessary.
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