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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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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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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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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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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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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During World War II, the German Wehrmacht (combined armed forces - Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe) committed systematic war crimes, including massacres...
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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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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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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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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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302nd Infantry Division (redirect from 302nd Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht))
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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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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556th Infantry Division (redirect from 556th 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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units of the Army Group were ordered to surrender by the capitulated Wehrmacht command on 8 May 1945. At the time agreed for all German armed forces...
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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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