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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 of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force).
Wehrmacht, the armed forces of the Third Reich. The three primary branches of the Wehrmacht were the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force), and Kriegsmarine (navy). The Wehrmacht was created by Adolf Hitler on March 16, 1935, and formally disbanded by the Allies on August 20, 1946.
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 been the subject of an extensive historiographical debate. After the Nazis came to power, they sought to control all aspects of civil society and the state, including the military.
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe.
This timeline chronicles the relationship between the professional military elite and the Nazi state. It pays specific attention to the military leaders’ acceptance of Nazi ideology and their role in perpetrating crimes against Jews, prisoners of war, and unarmed civilians in the name of that ideology.
The Wehrmacht or Nazi German Army Forces or The German Army (1935-1945) was the name of the unified Military armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. The Wehrmacht consisted of the Heer ( army ), the Kriegsmarine ( navy ) and the Luftwaffe ( air force ).
There is no doubt that the Wehrmacht was one of history’s great armies, Ripley writes, and its hard-fought victories and defeats will be studied by soldiers and scholars for years to come. But it was also an army that sold its soul to the most evil regime of the 20th century.
