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ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
equipped by the Federal Government, can be
borrowed from one state by another to deal with
emergencies. Incidents of the type that would re-
quire the services of the Bereitschaftpolizei are
handled by the state police or the national guard
in the United States.
West German Forces in NATO
~In October 1964, more than 400,000 Ger-
ans were members of the active Federal De-
fense Force. This figure is exclusive of the almost
30,000 men actively serving with the border po-
lice and the Landernobile forces, who would
undoubt diy bue7 ngagez is1 doe initial states
of any Communist military action against West-
ern Europe. The Territorial Defense Forces are
also omitted from this figure because they are
not directly committed to NATO command. The
precise manning of the combat units is difficult
to determine because of the assignment of
Bundeswehr personnel to NATO staff and Fed-
eral Defense Ministry positions, noncombat train-
ing duties, and to Territorial Defense cadres.WAll of the Bundeswehr combat strength, or
field units, are assigned to NATO command un-
der SHAPE. In 1964 the German army contri-
bution to the Western European defense effort
amounted to 12 divisions Three these were
armored, anivion_and seven-were
armored infantry divisions; included also was one
airborne, and one mountain divisioii.\The bulk
of these troops haV tfeen-vssigned to SHAPE's
Allied Forces Center (AFCENT) since activa-
tion and will probably remain under AFCENT
command for the foreseeable future. The excep-
tions to this are the units stationed in the Schles-
wig-Holstein area which come under the control
of Allied Forces North (AFNORTH).
The Luftwaffe, or Air Force, portion of the
Bundeswehr is organized into 17 wings, operat-
ing more than 3,000 aircraft of various types. Of
these 4 are fighter-interceptor wings, 6 are
fighter-bomber wings, 4 are reconnaissance wings,
and 3 are transport wings. In addition to the
varied responsibilities involved in Bundeswehr
aircraft operations, the 94,000 officers and menAllied Command Europe
SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, EUROPE *
NAVAL DEPUTY DEPUTYCOUPREME ALLIEDER AIR DEPUTYCOMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
ALLIED FORCES
NORTHERN EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED LAND FORCES
NORWAY
COMMANDER
ALLIED LAND FORCES
DENMARK
COMMANDER
ALLIED LAND FORCES
NORTHERN EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED NAVAL FORCES
NORTHERN EUROPECOMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
ALLIED FORCES
CENTRAL EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED LAND FORCES
CENTRAL EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED AIR FORCES
CENTRAL EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED NAVAL FORCES
CENTRAL EUROPECOMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
ALLIED FORCES
SOUTHERN EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED LAND FORCES
SOUTHEASTERN
EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED LAND FORCES
SOUTHERN EUROPE
COMMANDER
ALLIED AIR FORCES
SOUTHERN EUROPE
COMMANDER
NAVAL STRIKING
AND SUPPORT FORCES
SOUTHERN EUROPECOMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
ALLIED FORCES
MEDITERRANEANCOMMANDER
WESTERN -
MEDITERRANEAN
COMMANDER
EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN
COMMANDER
NORTHEAST
MEDITERRANEANCOMMANDER
GI BRALTAR-
MEDITERRANEAN
COMMANDER
-CENTRAL
MEDITERRANEAN
COMMANDER
SOUTHEAST
MEDITERRANEAN* sometimes referred to as "Supreme Allied Commander Europe" (SHAPE)
Figure 2. Allied Command Europe.
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Air University (U.S.). Academic Year 1967-1968, Unit 3: Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany, pamphlet, January 1967; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1010254/m1/13/?q=%22~1~1%22~1&rotate=0: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National WASP WWII Museum.