Kriegsschule

A Kriegschule was a General Military School used for basic officer training in Germany up until the defeat in 1945. All Wehrmacht officers in World War II had passed through a Kriegsschule during their training.The Wehrmacht had five 'Kriegsschulen': at Potsdam, Dresden, München, Hannover, and Wiener-Neustadt. Officer candidates, known as "Fahnenjunker"s undertook an extensive 8 week course, aimed at giving them a good knowledge of the basics of command. After completion of the course, the officer candidate moved off to his chosen "Truppenschule" or branch of service school. An example of a Truppenschule is Panzertruppenschule I in Munster, but there were also schools catering for all branches of service.
Engineers, Physicians and Veterinarians studied longer at a military 'Akademie' instead progressing to a military branch school.

ee also

* Military training, Military officer
* Heer, Wehrmacht, Panzerwaffe
* Panzertruppenschule I, Panzertruppenschule II
*Panzertruppenschule Kama