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Feldjägerkorps
The ''Feldjägerkorps'' () (field hunter corps) was a military provost organization in the German ''Wehrmacht'' during World War II. It was established on 27 November 1943 and consisted of three ''Feldjäger'' commands that reported directly to the ''Oberkommando der Wehrmacht'', headed by chief of staff ''Generalfeldmarschall'' Wilhelm Keitel. It was recruited from veteran, battle-hardened troops and was senior to all other military police organizations. It operated approximately 12 miles behind the front lines, and its main function was to maintain order and discipline among the troops, hunting down deserters and stragglers and meting out punishment, which could include drumhead courts-martial and execution. Background and precursors The SA-''Feldjägerkorps'' There were no military units with police-like duties in the ''Reichswehr'', the armed forces of the Weimar Republic. Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, a type of police force was established for the Nazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Baptist Fuchs
Johann Baptist Fuchs (8 June 1877 – 18 November 1938) was a German professional military officer who served in the Royal Bavarian Army during the First World War, and also was a member of the post-war ''Freikorps''. He became a senior state police official in Bavaria and participated in Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. He joined the Nazi Party and its paramilitary unit, the Sturmabteilung (SA), holding several high-level staff positions and rising to the rank of SA-''Obergruppenführer''. Early life and military service Fuchs was born in Regensburg, the son of a railway conductor. He attended ''Volksschule'' and a humanistic '' Gymnasium'', graduating with his ''Abitur''. In 1897, he entered the Royal Bavarian Army as a ''Fahnenjunker'' (military cadet) with the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, headquartered in Germersheim. He attended the war school in Munich and, in March 1899, was commissioned as a ''Leutnant''. From 1906, he served as a battalion adjutant, and he was promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Provost
Provosts (usually pronounced "provo" in this context) are military police (MP) whose duties are policing solely within the armed forces of a country, as opposed to gendarmerie duties in the civilian population. However, many countries use their gendarmerie for provost duties. As with all official terms, some countries have specific official terminology which differs from the exact linguistic meaning. The head of the military police is commonly referred to as the provost marshal, an ancient title originally given to an officer whose duty was to ensure that an army did no harm to the citizenry. Military police are concerned with law enforcement (including criminal investigation) on military property and concerning military personnel, installation security, close personal protection of senior military officers, management of prisoners of war, management of military prisons, traffic control, route signing and resupply route management. Not all military police organizations are conce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drumhead Courts-martial
A drumhead court-martial is a court-martial held in the field to render summary offence, summary justice for offenses committed in action. The term is said to originate from drums used as improvised tables and drumheads as writing surfaces at fast-track military trials and executions. Origins The earliest recorded usage is in an English memoir of the Peninsular War (1807). The term sometimes has connotations of summary offence, summary justice, with an implied lack of judicial impartiality, as noted in the transcripts of the Nuremberg trials, trial at Nuremberg of Josef Bühler. According to Arthur Bryant, Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, such courts-martial have ordered flagellation, lashings or hangings to punish soldiers (and their officer (armed forces), officers) who were cowardly, disobedient, or, conversely, acted rashly; and especially as a discouragement to drunkenness. It is also used as a reference to a kangaroo court in its derogatory form. World War II Naz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
