Security and Camouflage
The Reichssicherheitsdienst (Reich Security Service) or RSD had overall responsibility for Hitler's personal security, but external protection of the complex was provided by the Führer Escort Battalion (FBB), which, despite its name, had reached regiment strength by July 1944. The Battalion was heavily equipped, with tanks, anti-aircraft guns and other heavy weapons. Aircraft could be detected about 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the complex. Additional troops were stationed about 75 kilometres (47 mi) away.
The buildings in the complex were camouflaged by having bushes, grass and artificial trees planted on the flat roofs, and by the use of camouflage netting between the building and the surrounding forest. From the air, the installation looked like dense forest.
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“We now in the United States have more security guards for the rich than we have police services for the poor districts. If you’re looking for personal security, far better to move to the suburbs than to pay taxes in New York.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)