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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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  • 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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    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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    From Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939, the Wehrmacht recruited from Poland's 2.2% ethnic-German minority but did not enlist ethnic Poles on racist...
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    The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German: [ˈoːbɐkɔˌmando deːɐ̯ ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt] ; abbreviated OKW German: [oːkaːˈveː] ; Armed Forces High Command) was the supreme...
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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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  • 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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    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 style Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht (Leader and Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht), yet a simple "Führer" after May 1942. Soldiers...
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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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  • XXXXVI Panzer Corps (46th) was a tank corps of the German Army during World War II that participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia. The Corps was created...
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    Kriegsmarine (redirect from Wehrmacht Navy)
    three official branches, along with the Heer and the Luftwaffe, of the Wehrmacht, the German armed forces from 1935 to 1945. In violation of the Treaty...
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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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  • (1975). Die Landstreitkräfte 371–500. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945. Vol. 10. Biblio. Mitcham...
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  • list of 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...
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    plug "A" (3) via the entry wheel (4), through the wiring of the three (Wehrmacht Enigma) or four (Kriegsmarine M4 and Abwehr variants) installed rotors...
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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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  • Józef Tusk (redirect from Wehrmacht affair)
    Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. During World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht, which proved to be controversial during the 2005 Polish presidential...
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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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  • of the war. It was one of five naval infantry divisions of the German Wehrmacht (the others being the 2nd, 3rd, 11th and 16th Marine Divisions). Konteradmiral...
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  • list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II. Brigades, in German army parlance prior...
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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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    (1975). Die Landstreitkräfte 501–630. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 (in German). Vol. 11. Biblio...
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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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    the laws and customs of war. Among the criminal orders issued by the Wehrmacht's High Command (OKW) directed the army to shoot captured Soviet commissars...
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    Hitler himself, whose nickname was Wolf. The site was also the easternmost Wehrmacht headquarters. The complex was located in a pine forest, about 12 kilometres...
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