Ersatzheer

  • Replacement Army
Identifier
725
Type of Entity
Corporate Body

History

The Ersatzheer was a powerful Germany-based framework organization that came fully into existence on general mobilization. Its principal task was to train and provide replacements for the Feldheer, although it also carried out many other related administrative activities.

Places

  • Founded in Germany.

Sources

  • Hitler's Army : The Men, Machines, and Organization : 1939-1945 / D. Stone. - Minneapolis, 2009. - p. 69