Reichswehr (German: [ˈʁaɪ̯çsveːɐ̯] ; lit. 'Reich Defence') was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first two...

The Black Reichswehr (German: Schwarze Reichswehr) was the unofficial name for the extra-legal paramilitary formation that was secretly a part of the...

After the war, he continued his military career as a captain in the Reichswehr and provided assistance to Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps. In 1919,...

The Ministry of the Reichswehr (German: Reichswehrministerium) was the defence ministry of the Weimar Republic and the early Third Reich. Based in the...

The 6th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size...

newly gained political power. He also wanted to appease leaders of the Reichswehr, the German military, who feared and despised the SA as a potential rival...

player in the Reichswehr's efforts to avoid the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, Schleicher rose to power as head of the Reichswehr's Armed Forces...

Ruhr uprising. In 1921, the Reichswehr organized the Black Reichswehr, a secret reserve networked within the Reichswehr and organized as labor battalions...

The 4th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size...

establish an autocratic government. It was supported by parts of the Reichswehr, as well as nationalist and monarchist factions. Although the legitimate...

decided then that the Reichswehr no longer had enough men available to guard the country's borders and formed the Black Reichswehr. It was an extra-legal...

force). The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used term Reichswehr (Reich Defence) and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime's efforts...

The 5th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size...

equipped with mobile radios were operating on the front line. In the Reichswehr from 1921 each division had a communications unit with two companies....

humanity. During the Weimar era, the oath of allegiance, sworn by the Reichswehr, required soldiers to swear loyalty to the Reich Constitution and its...

a general strike in the region failed, the German government sent in Reichswehr (regular army) and Freikorps (paramilitary) units to put down the rebellion...

Kahr, Bavarian state police chief Colonel Hans Ritter von Seisser and Reichswehr General Otto von Lossow formed a ruling triumvirate. Hitler announced...

military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr. The Peacetime Army (German: Friedensheer) continued to use the uniforms...

("colonel general") was the second-highest general officer rank in the German Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, the Austro-Hungarian Common Army, the East German National...

The 7th Division was a unit of the Reichswehr. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of the Army (to comply with the upper limits on the size...

government's attempts to negotiate a peaceful settlement failed, it sent in both Reichswehr and paramilitary Freikorps troops to put down the rebellion. They acted...

into government in Saxony and Thuringia sparked a crisis in itself. The Reichswehr under Otto Gessler, with the support of the Stresemann cabinet and Reich...

the Ulm Reichswehr trial, in which he and two other Reichswehr officers were tried for attempting to form a Nazi cell within the Reichswehr in Ulm. The...

attempt against the Weimar Republic by units of the paramilitary Black Reichswehr under Bruno Ernst Buchrucker. It was launched in response to nationalist...

The 1st Division was a unit of the Reichswehr, the armed forces of Germany during the Weimar Republic. In the Order of 31 July 1920 for the Reduction of...

000—twenty times as large as the number of troops and officers in the Reichswehr (German Army). After Hitler and the Nazis obtained national power, the...

secretly trained by the Reichswehr in order to exceed the limits on troop strength set by the Treaty of Versailles. The Black Reichswehr took its orders from...

During the years of the Weimar Republic he was chief of staff for the Reichswehr from 1919 to 1920 and commander in chief of the German Army from 1920...

started a policy of "frontier defense" (Grenzschutz) under which the Reichswehr would stockpile arms in secret depots and begin training volunteers beyond...

March 1935, Hitler announced the creation of an air force, and that the Reichswehr would be increased to 550,000 men. Britain agreed to Germany building...