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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    (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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Oberfeldwebel (Heer and Luftwaffe) Unterarzt (medical service of the Wehrmacht) Feldunterarzt, from 1940 Unterveterinär (veterinarian service of the Wehrmacht) The...
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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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    (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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    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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    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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    insignia Active 2 May 1941 – May 1945 Country  Nazi Germany Branch Heer (Wehrmacht) Type Infantry Role Coastal defence and fortification Size Division...
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    Division (military) Military unit List of German divisions in World War II Heer Wehrmacht Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). German Order of Battle: 291st-999th Infantry...
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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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  • 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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    (German: 205. Infanterie-Division) was a German infantry division of the Heer during the Second World War. It was initially known as the 14th Landwehr...
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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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  • 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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    Retrieved April 14, 2005. "99. leichte Infanterie-Division". German language article at www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de. Retrieved April 14, 2005. v t e...
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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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  • 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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  • chain of command in Africa. In the middle of 1941 the 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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    and did not assume its bona-fide designation until the creation of the Wehrmacht was announced in October 1935. In the autumn of 1937 it was upgraded to...
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    mainly used in the Waffen-SS, equivalent to the Hauptfeldwebel of the Wehrmacht (Heer and Luftwaffe) between the years of 1938 to 1945. Usually it was the...
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