Reichswehr

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The Reichswehr was the small, professional armed force of the Weimar Republic, constrained by the Treaty of Versailles and serving as Germany’s official military between World War I and the rise of the Nazi-era Wehrmacht.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
alsoKnownAs Reichswehr
surface form: German Army of the Weimar Republic
commanderTitle Chef der Heeresleitung
Chef der Marineleitung
Reich Ministry of Defence
surface form: Reichswehrminister
component Reichswehr self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reichsheer

Reichsmarine
conscriptionStatus no conscription allowed under Treaty of Versailles
cooperatedWith Soviet Union for clandestine military training
country Germany
disestablishedBy Nazi Germany
surface form: Nazi government
disestablishmentEvent creation of Wehrmacht in 1935
doctrine emphasis on small, highly trained professional force
endTime 1935
engagedIn secret rearmament activities in violation of Treaty of Versailles
forceType professional volunteer army
garrisonState Prussia
hasCharacteristic limited by strict arms and personnel caps
professional officer and NCO corps
headquartersLocation Berlin
historicalPeriod interwar period
ideologyTendency conservative nationalist officer corps
influencedBy Prussian military tradition
language German
legalBasis Treaty of Versailles
militaryBranch army
navy
notableCommander Hans von Seeckt
Kurt von Schleicher
Wilhelm Groener
operatedIn Weimar Republic
partOf German armed forces history
Weimar Republic
policyDuringKappPutsch refused to fire on Freikorps putschists
prohibitedWeaponType heavy artillery above treaty limits
military aircraft
submarines
tanks
replacedBy Wehrmacht
replaces Imperial German Army
role internal security in Weimar Republic
national defense of Germany after World War I
significantEvent Kapp Putsch
sizeLimit 100000 soldiers
startTime 1919
subordinateTo Reich Ministry of Defence
trained German officer corps that later served in Wehrmacht

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Wehrmacht precededBy Reichswehr
Wehrmacht replaced Reichswehr
Herbert Marcuse servedIn Reichswehr
this entity surface form: German Army
Beer Hall Putsch opposedBy Reichswehr
Generalfeldmarschall usedIn Reichswehr
this entity surface form: German Army
Generalfeldmarschall usedIn Reichswehr
Heer precededBy Reichswehr
Reichswehr alsoKnownAs Reichswehr
this entity surface form: German Army of the Weimar Republic
Reichswehr component Reichswehr self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reichsheer
Ernst Busch memberOf Reichswehr
Hermann Hoth memberOf Reichswehr
Ludwig Erhard servedIn Reichswehr
this entity surface form: German Army
Gerhard Klopfer militaryBranch Reichswehr
Sturmabteilung rivalOrganization Reichswehr
Walter Model militaryBranch Reichswehr
Wilhelm Bittrich militaryBranch Reichswehr
German General Staff partOf Reichswehr
Gotthard Heinrici militaryBranch Reichswehr
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff memberOf Reichswehr
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff employer Reichswehr
this entity surface form: German Armed Forces
Wilhelm Stuckart militaryBranch Reichswehr
Weimar Republic military Reichswehr
Erich von Manstein memberOf Reichswehr
Heinz Guderian militaryBranch Reichswehr
Walther von Brauchitsch memberOf Reichswehr
Wilhelm List memberOf Reichswehr
Fedor von Bock militaryBranch Reichswehr
Georg-Hans Reinhardt memberOf Reichswehr
Bavarian police cooperatedWith Reichswehr
Ewald von Kleist memberOf Reichswehr
Wilhelm von Leeb militaryBranch Reichswehr
Wilhelm von Leeb memberOf Reichswehr
Imperial German Army followedBy Reichswehr
Imperial German Army influenced Reichswehr
Prussian Army successor Reichswehr
Maximilian von Weichs memberOf Reichswehr
Operation Hummingbird perpetrator Reichswehr
this entity surface form: Reichswehr officers
Ernst Röhm militaryBranch Reichswehr
Günther von Kluge memberOf Reichswehr
Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb militaryBranch Reichswehr
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Field Marshal Georg von Küchler militaryBranch Reichswehr
subject surface form: Georg von Küchler
Erhard Raus militaryBranch Reichswehr
Walther Nehring memberOf Reichswehr
Ferdinand Schörner memberOf Reichswehr
Otto von Lossow militaryBranch Reichswehr
Otto von Lossow employer Reichswehr
Panzer I tanks developedFor Reichswehr
subject surface form: Panzer I