Gefechtsstand Bunker Cäsar. |
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5 JD, © Leif Petersen. | ||||
In Hoffmann Band II, Teil 1 p. 413 there is a passage that many of us have read many times and wondered. It is part of an excellent memorandum prepared by II JK: |
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Anhang zu Gen.-Kdo. II Jagdkorps, Nafü 4, Br. B. Nr. 10155/44 geh. Gebhardt, Oberleutnant beim O. U., den 15. Januar 1944, Gen.-Kdo. II. Jagdkorps Nafü/4 |
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VIII Der Divisions- und Korps Gefechtsstand Bunker Cäsar. |
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Der Bunker Cäsar ist ein Korps- und Divisions Gefechtsstand mit einem Betonvolumen von 4000 cbm Beton und einer Rohbauzeit von 3 Monaten. | ||||
a) Baulich Zur Ausstattung eines Jagdkorps mit 4 Divisionen mit dem Bunker Cäsar sind 4 Divisions- und ein Korps-Bunker mit insgesamt 20 000 cbm Beton erforderlich. | ||||
When the GefStd bunkers of II JK and 5 JD "blossomed" in a more widespread audience I started to wonder again. The feeling of being on to something, was reinforced when the GefStd of I JK was found in Treuenbrietzen. The bunkers of II JK and 5 JD are almost identical, and the bunker of I JK has a great Look-Alikeness - judging from the one know photo, even the chimneys are similar. | ||||
The volume of concrete in II JK and 5 JD bunkers is 4.000 m3, the figure mentioned in the memo. The bunkers are almost identical. They serve a JK and a JD. The memo uses the expression: Gefechtsstand Bunker Cäsar as if it is a type. The JK bunker in Treuenbrietzen appears to by of a similar type. | ||||
To me the evidence is compelling; the bunker type: Gefechtsstand Bunker Cäsar has been identified. | ||||
Gefechtsstand Bunker Cäsar drawing. | ||||
The above drawing is an attempt at a reconstruction and a description of the functions performed in the various rooms. It is based on multiple sources, and the room identification is based on the utilities/appliances left in the bunker to-day. | ||||
That, however, immediately raises another question. CÄSAR has for decades somehow been associated with the I JK bunker in Zeist. It is not identical, but somewhat similar to the 3 other bunkers, and has a concrete volume of about 4.000 m3 as well. I find it justified to speculate if Cäsar was not a reference to THE TYPE of bunker. The name Cäsar does not follow the German convention for naming of GefStds, the first letter should have been Z. I have not come across an original German document, which refers to the I JK bunker as Cäsar. | ||||
Based on German maps related to the BfM, there has been speculation concerning a planned L 487 B in the Zeist area. This bunker was never completed and the planned site was not the same as the site of the I JK GefStd. Please see map below | ||||
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