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Hitler’s Military Headquarters

Führerhauptquartier (FHQ) (Ger) Führer’s headquarters in the field.

Western HQ

Felsennest (Ger, = cliff nest) Code name for Hitler’s HQ at Bad Munstereiffel, in the Wintereifel for the German campaign against France and the Low Countries, c. 30 miles from the Belgian border, 10 May - 6 June 1940.

Wolfsschlucht I (Ger, = wolf’s den I) Designation of Hitler’s field HQ at Bruly-le-Peche, near Givet in France, 6 June-25 June 1940.

Wolfsschlucht II (Ger, = wolf’s den II) Designation of Hitler’s field HQ near Margival in France for operation Seelowe, 17 June 1940 onwards.

Tannenburg (named for German victory over the Russians 1914) Designation of Hitler’s HQ near Freudenstadt in the Black Forest for the final stages of operation Rot at end of French campaign, 25 June-6 July 1940.

Eastern HQ

Ratzeburg (Ger) Hitler’s HQ in Poland.

Wolfsschanze (Ger, = Wolf’s Lair) Designation of Hitler’s HQ in a forest near Rastenburg in East Prussia, the most used of many (at least 11) Führer-HQs. The walls and ceiling of Hitler’s bunker had a strength of 7 meters. From there he directed Barbarossa, and made several key decisions, 1941-44. Here he met Mussolini, learned of the disaster of Stalingrad, and issued order for the Battle of the Bulge. What started as a field headquarters developed into a fortress, and it was here that the July 20 Plot on his life took place in 1944.

Werwolf (Ger, = werewolf) Designation of Hitler’s HQ near Vinnitsa, Ukraine, for the German summer offensive on the Eastern Front, 16 July-1 November 1942.

Final German HQ

Adlershorst (Ger, = eagle eyrie) At Ziegenberg near the Ardennes, 1940. Later used as Rundstedt’s HQ 1944, and Hitler returned there December 1944-mid-January 1945.

Gisela Designation of Hitler’s advanced HQ near Giessen.

The Führer Institution

Führerbefehl Order directly issued by Hitler.

Führererlass Decree or edict issued by Hitler.

Stellvertreter des Führers (StdF) Office of the Deputy Führer.

Berghof

Berghof (Ger) Hitler’s personal sanctuary in the Alps in southern Germany.

Obersalzberg (Ger) Mountain, NE of Berchtesgaden on which Hitler constructed his private villa, the Berghof.

Berchtesgaden Allied term for so-called last redoubt.

Hellhound Code name for Allied plan to bomb Hitler’s Berghof. Abandoned June 1944.

Alpenfestung (Ger, = alp fortress) German code for supposed mighty fortress in the German alps. The German variant of the Alpenfestung was actual inspired by rumors from the Allied side. Only minimal works were even started when the war ended.

Hitler’s Cars

Hitler’s cars Hiter's prefered mode of transport was the car. From the 1920's onwards, he was accompanied by a bodyguard for security reasons, but whether by advise or choice prefered to use open-topped cars for access to the public.

Mercedes-Benz Model 15/70/100 Car Hitler personally ordered, a 6-cylinder 4/5-passenger car for delivery direct to Munich. Probably his last personal car, order number #43966 was not the biggest car, but larger than the contemporary S and SS models, 29 January 1929.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei Ordered a similar 6-cylinder 6/7-passenger car for delivery to Berlin, 30 July 1930.

Mercedes-Benz 770 W07 By the mid-1930s, Hitler's tranpsort had developed the need for armor, and resultantly scale to facilitate the heavy armor plate.model, as previoulsy used by the Kaiser. After Mercedes revised the model to create the W150 in 1938, in 1941 Hitler ordered at least two 770K's for his personal use. Equiped with an over-stretched 20ft chassis, were added 2,000lbs of 1/2" thick armor plate and 500lbs of 1 1/4" thick bullet proof glass, the later reportedly tested by Hitler personally through a single shot with his Luger P08 pistol.[3] Behind the rear seat is a leather covered sheet of armor that could be cranked up manually.[4] The single-overhead-cam straight-8 engines were superchargered, creating 230hp through dual spark plugs. 4-wheel independent suspension with coil springs and hydraulic shocks were standard equipment on contemporary Mercedes, with Hitler's cars having the addition of independent front and back power brakes that could be lubricated en route by a pedal on the driver's side. However, due to the additions the cars weight came to over 10,000lbs, resulting in sluggish acceleration and 3mpg, meaning that the over sized 52gallon fuel tank delivered a range of around 150miles.

Hitler’s Railway Train

Führersonderzug Hitler’s personal special twelve-car double-locomotive armored train.

Amerika Code name for Hitler’s personal armored train. The train was used by Hitler during the attack on Poland and during the war often to and from a total of thirteen H/Qs were built for Hitler. Last used by Hitler on 15 January 1945, when he left the Führer Headquarters at Adlerhorst at 6pm and arrived back in Berlin the next day. Brandenburg Renamed Amerika after the US entered the war. Kriegslokomotiv Deutsche Reichsbahn K5E series that pulled the Führer Sonderzug. Flakwagen Special armored anti-aircraft car at each end of the train.

Atlas (Ger) Code name for Hitler’s personal railway train.

Klienasien Code name for Hitler’s bodyguard train which ran 15 minutes before Amerika.

Asiaen Code name for Hitler’s bodyguard train directly after Klienasian.

Hitler's plans For a special broad-gauge (something like a massive eight-feet instead of the standard four feet, eight and one-half inches) railroad network linking all of conquered/occupied Europe, including a direct line to Moscow and the East.

Hitler’s Aircraft

Hitler’s air travel Hitler's prefered mode for long disatnce travel was the classical tri-motor Junkers & Co Ju 52. Always accompanied by a fighter escort, the plane was one of the few variants in the Luftwaffe portfolio which could allow for a single engine failure and still fly on at least two engines. It was Hitlers policy to persue development of twin-motor bombers which would create a larger airforce quickly, over the allies strategy of developing larger quad-motor aeroplanes to allow long distance bombing deep into occupied Europe, which effectivly lead to him using the Ju 52.

Junker JU 52 Used by Hitler

Hitler’s Bodyguard

Begleit Battalion (Begleit Commando) Hitler’s bodyguard.

Leibstandarte (Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler) SS Bodyguard Regiment.

SS Leibstandarte (SS 1st Division, Hitler's personal bodygaurds)

Reichssicherheitsdienst (RSD) Hitler’s personal criminal-police bodyguards.

Führerbegleitbrigade (Führer-Begleit-Battaillon) (FBB) (Führer's Armored Battalion) Führer’s army escort battalion.

Führer-Flak-Abteilung (FFA) Führer’s antiaircraft detachment.

Führer-Luft-Nachrichten-Abteilung (FLNA) Führer’s signal corps of the Luffwaffe.

Führer-Nachrichten-Abteilung (FNA) Führer’s signal detachment.