German Army (1935–1945) (redirect from Wehrmacht Heer)
The German Army (German: Heer, German: [heːɐ̯] ; lit. 'army') was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany...
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Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) (redirect from Ranks and insignia of the Heer (1935-1945))
The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935)...
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the Heer main uniforms, used by the German Army prior to and during World War II. Terms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but...
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Hannes Heer wrote that the war crimes had been covered up by scholars and former soldiers. German historian Wolfram Wette called the clean Wehrmacht thesis...
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flags of the German Wehrmacht and Heer which were used in the years between 1933 and 1945 by the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, and Heer. List of German standards...
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to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used...
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Corps colours of the German Army (1935–1945) (redirect from Corps colours of the German Heer (1935–1945))
in the Wehrmacht, war economy, or in military education facilities, etc., wore military rank insignias similar to those of the Wehrmacht. Heer officials...
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Deutsches Heer (1956–present), for the Cold War Army of West Germany and the current Army of Germany German Army (1935–1945), or Wehrmacht Heer, for the...
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division that notably served in World War II as part of the Heer of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. It had been one of the original infantry divisions of the...
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(military), Military unit, List of German divisions in World War II Heer, Wehrmacht Wendel, Marcus (2005). "169. Infanterie-Division". Retrieved April...
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civilian population". Historian Hannes Heer and Gerd Hankel had prepared it. The view of the "unblemished" Wehrmacht was shaken by the material evidence...
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Feldunterarzt (section Heer)
Oberfeldwebel (Heer and Luftwaffe) Unterarzt (medical service of the Wehrmacht) Feldunterarzt, from 1940 Unterveterinär (veterinarian service of the Wehrmacht) The...
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Unterarzt (military) (section Heer)
Oberfeldwebel (Heer and Luftwaffe) Unterarzt (medical service of the Wehrmacht) Feldunterarzt, from 1940 Unterveterinär (veterinarian service of the Wehrmacht) The...
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(military) Military unit List of German divisions in World War II Heer, Wehrmacht German Order of Battle, 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. p. 142...
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During World War II, the German Wehrmacht (combined armed forces - Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe) committed systematic war crimes, including massacres...
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Centre. The Red Army also carried out a deception campaign to convince the Wehrmacht that the main Soviet summer offensive would be launched further south...
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Heeresgruppe Nord) was the name of three separate army groups of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Its rear area operations were organized by the Army...
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430th Infantry Division (redirect from 430th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht))
Infanterie-Division z.b.V.) was an infantry division of the Heer, the ground forces of the German Wehrmacht, during World War II. The division was active from...
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firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in...
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German Army (redirect from German Heer)
Waffen-SS was not a branch of the Wehrmacht but was a combat force under the Nazi Party's own Schutzstaffel (SS). The Heer was formally disbanded in August...
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999th Light Afrika Division (redirect from 999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht))
Campaign Panzer Army Africa Strafbattalion - punishment units in the Wehrmacht. Wehrmacht divisions in World War II Mark Mazower (1993). Inside Hitler's Greece:...
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Panzer-Lehr-Division. Panzertruppe, Kriegsschule, Panzer, Panzer division Heer, Wehrmacht, Panzerwaffe Panzertruppenschule II, Panzer-Lehr-Division Panzertruppenschule...
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Anti–aircraft service in the Reich 1943–1945]. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 (in German). Vol. 14. Osnabrück:...
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Infantry Division Potsdam (redirect from Infantry Division Potsdam (Wehrmacht))
(German: Infanterie-Division Potsdam) was a German infantry division of the Heer during World War II. It was active for only a few weeks near the very end...
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Balkenkreuz (category Wehrmacht)
emblem of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and its branches from 1935 until the end of World War II. It was used by the Wehrmacht Heer (Army), Luftwaffe...
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Italian chain of command in Africa. In the middle of 1941 Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, Armed Forces High Command) created a larger command structure in...
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Verbände). Flakeinsatz im Reich 1943-1945. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1945 (in German). Vol. 14. Osnabrück:...
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1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6...
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557th Infantry Division (redirect from 557th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht))
Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the Heer, the ground forces of Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. It was active for several months in the year 1940...
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Hans Georg Heer (known as Hannes) (born 16 March 1941) is a German historian, chiefly known for the Wehrmachtsausstellung (German: "Wehrmacht Exhibition")...
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