Warner Barracks

Warner Barracks was a United States Army military base in the city of Bamberg, Bavaria, southern Germany.

Prior to World War II, almost every branch of the German Army was stationed at Warner Barracks at some time, the most elite being the 35th Armor and the 17th Cavalry Regiments.

After World War II, the headquarters of the U.S. Constabulary, created to occupy Germany, was located in Bamberg.

In June 1948, the Soviets imposed the Berlin Blockade changing the United States' role in Germany from occupier to defender.

[2] On September 12, 2014, the U.S. Army Garrison Bamberg hosted a joint American-German ceremony to officially close Warner Barracks and turn it over to the German government.

In April 1945, only 10 days after the U.S. forces entered Bamberg, the 2nd Platoon, and 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company captured the ammunition plant, and placed guards at the facility.

Personnel at the depot provided technical and operational supervision for the Ordnance Ammunition Companies that were stationed in the installation and in the sub-depot Breitenguessbach after 1947.

The sub-depot at Breitenguessbach, which was utilized for the storage of engineered high explosives and mines, was closed 15 March 1951.

The Oberdachstetten Explosives Depot also fell under Bamberg's operational control; this was closed in 1947 after the disposal of all the captured enemy ammunition.

Two Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA, formerly known as DoDDS) schools were in Warner Barracks for families of those stationed there: