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Thread: German Field Kitchens of the Second World War
Part Three: The Bakery Company(Bäckereikompanie) 1/21
Part Three: The Bakery Company(Bäckereikompanie) 1/21
Bread was a very big part of the landsers diet...accounting for most of the calories in the morning and evening meals. Fulfilling the bread requirements for just one division was an enormous undertaking. 2/21
Each division would usually have three dedicated bakery companies... two motorized and one drawn by horseback. A company consisted of two baking platoons... and each company also had a dedicated maintenance platoon for upkeep of the equipment. 3/21
