Reichswehr

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armed forces military organization

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.

Aliases (8)

German Army ×3
German Armed Forces ×1
German Armed Forces (Reichswehr) ×1
German Army of the Weimar Republic ×1
Reichsheer ×1
Reichswehr (early Weimar period, in reduced form) ×1
Reichswehr officers ×1
sections of the Reichswehr ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces → military organization →
alsoKnownAs	German Army of the Weimar Republic →
commanderTitle	Chef der Heeresleitung → Chef der Marineleitung → Reichswehrminister →
component	Reichsheer → Reichsmarine →
conscriptionStatus	no conscription allowed under Treaty of Versailles →
cooperatedWith	Soviet Union for clandestine military training →
country	Germany →
disestablishedBy	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 →

Referenced by (58)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erich von Manstein → Ernst Busch → Ewald von Kleist → Ferdinand Schörner → Georg-Hans Reinhardt → Günther von Kluge → Hans-Jürgen Stumpff → Hermann Hoth → Josef Harpe → Kurt Student → Kurt von Schleicher → Maximilian von Weichs → Walther Nehring → Walther von Brauchitsch → Wilhelm List → Wilhelm von Leeb →	memberOf
Erhard Raus → Ernst Röhm → Fedor von Bock → Georg von Küchler → Gerd von Rundstedt → Gerhard Klopfer → Gotthard Heinrici → Heinz Guderian → Otto von Lossow → Walter Model → Wilhelm Bittrich → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → Wilhelm Stuckart → Wilhelm von Leeb →	militaryBranch
German General Staff → Great General Staff ("Reichswehr (early Weimar period, in reduced form)") → Reichsmarine →	partOf
Nacht der langen Messer → Night of the Long Knives →	carriedOutBy
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff ("German Armed Forces") → Otto von Lossow →	employer
Heer → Wehrmacht →	precededBy
Herbert Marcuse ("German Army") → Ludwig Erhard ("German Army") →	servedIn
Generalfeldmarschall ("German Army") → Generalfeldmarschall →	usedIn
Reichswehr ("German Army of the Weimar Republic") →	alsoKnownAs
Reichswehr ("Reichsheer") →	component
Bavarian police →	cooperatedWith
Panzer I →	developedFor
Imperial German Army →	followedBy
Imperial German Army →	influenced
Reich Ministry of Defence →	jurisdiction
Weimar Republic →	military
Beer Hall Putsch →	opposedBy
Operation Hummingbird ("Reichswehr officers") →	perpetrator
Wehrmacht →	replaced
Sturmabteilung →	rivalOrganization
Reichsmarine ("German Armed Forces (Reichswehr)") →	serviceBranchOf
Prussian Army →	successor
Kapp Putsch ("sections of the Reichswehr") →	supportedBy