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    The Wehrmacht (German pronunciation: [ˈveːɐ̯maxt] , lit. 'defence force') were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted...
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    the clean Wehrmacht (German: Mythos der sauberen Wehrmacht) is the negationist notion that the regular German armed forces (the Wehrmacht) were not involved...
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    German: [heːɐ̯] ; lit. 'army') was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively...
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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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    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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  • Die Wehrmacht was a German military magazine, which was published from 1936 to 1944 to serve German Reich propaganda purposes. It promoted the newly formed...
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    The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German: [ˈoːbɐkɔˌmando deːɐ̯ ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt] ; abbreviated OKW [oː kaːˈve] Armed Forces High Command) was the supreme military...
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    Verständnis haben. Sie hat den weiteren Zweck, Erhebungen im Rücken der Wehrmacht, die erfahrungsgemäß stets von Juden angezettelt wurden, im Keime zu ersticken...
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    German field marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War...
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  • The Wehrmacht is a 5 part documentary that provides differentiated answers on the Wehrmacht role in the World War II based on the latest historical and...
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    The relationship between the Wehrmacht (from 1935 to 1945 the regular combined armed forces of Nazi Germany) and the Nazi Party which ruled Germany has...
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  • Although its lyrics have no political content, the song was picked up by the Wehrmacht during World War II and is now associated with Nazi Germany. It was written...
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    by Oswald Lutz, Guderian's mentor, the idea gained more support in the Wehrmacht, and after 1933 was also supported by Adolf Hitler. The first three panzer...
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    After Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939, the Wehrmacht, or German armed forces, recruited members from Poland's 2.2% ethnic-German minority, but...
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    World War II. Terms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but are names given to the different versions of the Model 1936 field...
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  • served in the Wehrmacht during World War II despite the openly and aggressively anti-semitic policies of Nazi Germany. The policy of the Wehrmacht towards "Mischlinge"...
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    (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World...
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    Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops (German: Wehrmachtpropaganda, abbreviated as WPr) was a branch of service of the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany...
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  • firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military...
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    The Wehrmacht exhibition (German: Wehrmachtsausstellung) was a series of two exhibitions focusing on the war crimes of the Wehrmacht (the regular German...
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    XXXXI Panzer Corps (also written as: XLI Panzer Corps) was a Panzer (armoured) corps in the German Army during World War II. The corps was originally formed...
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  • was renamed the 10th Infantry Division when the establishment of the Wehrmacht was announced publicly in October 1935. The division participated in the...
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  • The Wehrmacht War Crimes Bureau, 1939–1945 is a book by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas. It was published in November 1979 in Germany by Universitas/Langen Müller...
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  • Henrici Tessin, p. 85 Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the...
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    Rolf-Dieter; Volkmann, Hans-Erich, eds. (1999). Die Wehrmacht. Mythos und Realität [The Wehrmacht. Myth and Reality] (in German). Munich: Oldenbourg....
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    with minor modifications, by the Allies during the Second World War. The Wehrmacht-Einheitskanister, as it was known in Germany, was first developed in 1937...
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  • Ballenstedt from 1935 to 1939. After obtaining his Abitur, he joined the Wehrmacht aspiring to become an officer. Heinz became a Unteroffizier with the 23rd...
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  • Army 1986, pp. 39–41. Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the...
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    (Karlshorst, Berlin) by representatives from the German "Oberkommando der Wehrmacht" (OKW), the Allied Expeditionary Force represented by the British, and...
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    August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. A leading conspirator in the 20 July plot...
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