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Wehrmacht
Armed Forces of Germany
Unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
External Pages About Wehrmacht
BabelNet
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Statements about
Wehrmacht
Country
Nazi Germany
Allied-Occupied Germany
Headquarters Location
Wünsdorf
Instance Of
Armed Forces
Inception
5/21/1935
Dissolved, Abolished or Demolished Date
5/8/1945
Has Cause
:
German Instrument of Surrender
8/20/1946
End Cause
:
Allied Control Council Law No 34
Follows
Reichswehr
Followed By
Bundeswehr
National People's Army
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Parent Organization or Unit
Nazi Germany
Described by Source
Handbook on German Military Forces
Page(s)
:
15
Has Part(s)
German Army
Kriegsmarine
Luftwaffe
Feldgendarmerie
Location
Zossen
Replaced By
Bundeswehr
Native Label
Wehrmacht
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Commanded By
Adolf Hitler
Replaces
Reichswehr
Different From
Wehrmacht
Has Works in the Collection
NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Archives At
Federal Archives-Military Archives
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