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The German Uruguayans in Uruguay numbers ca. 10,000 German expatriates and 320,000 people of German descent. [2] Most of them live in the Montevideo area, although there are German minorities in Paysandú , Río Negro , San José and Canelones .
The United States is the largest operator of military bases abroad, with 38 "named bases" [note 1] with active duty, national guard, reserve, or civilian personnel as of September 30, 2014. Its largest, in terms of personnel, was Ramstein AB in Germany, with almost 9,200 personnel.
The Army consists of some 15,000 personnel organized into four divisions.. It is equipped with 15 Israeli Ti-67 (T-55) Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), 17 American M24 Chaffee light tanks, 46 M41A1 Walker Bulldog light tanks, 24 American M113A1 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), 15 Czech BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), 130 OT-64 SKOT APCs, 64 German Condor APCs, 15 Brazilian EE-9 Cascavel ...
The German Armed Forces Command, located in Reston, Virginia, serves as the administrative and logistical hub for all German military activity in the U.S. and Canada, such as coordinating pilot ...
Uruguayan people of German-Jewish descent (3 P) Pages in category "Uruguayan people of German descent" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
Herzo Base Herzogenaurach: closed 1992 Hessen Homberg Kaserne Hanau: closed 1990s Hindenburg Kaserne Ansbach: closed 1992 Hindenburg Kaserne: Würzburg: closed 1994 torn down Holbeinring Military Housing Heidelberg: closed 2013 Hospital Kaserne Bad Kreuznach: closed 2001 Hutier Kaserne Hanau: closed 2008 Jaeger Kaserne Aschaffenburg: closed 1992
The German School of Montevideo, is a German binational school that opened in 1857. It was the first German School to open in South America. There is a joint Uruguay Germany university-entrance examination which qualifies takers for university in both countries. A German-language school is run by the Mennonites. A cultural cooperation accord ...
The military training area was established in 1907 by clearing at least 58 smaller villages, [3] and used to train troops for the III Royal Bavarian Corps. [1] [4] Undergoing a major expansion from 96 to 230 square kilometres (37 to 89 square miles) in 1938 and forcibly evicting more than 3,500 people from their villages, [3] the base was used by the Wehrmacht to practice blitzkrieg tactics.