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 Army (1935–1945) (redirect from Wehrmacht Heer)
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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Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) (redirect from Wehrmacht insignia)
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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Luftwaffe (redirect from Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht))
(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 (redirect from XXXXI Army Corps (Wehrmacht))
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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XXXX Panzer Corps (redirect from XXXX Army Corps (Wehrmacht))
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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German rearmament (redirect from Rearming of the Wehrmacht)
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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Jerrycan (redirect from Wehrmacht-Einheitskanister)
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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