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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Kapp Putsch supportedBy Reichswehr
this entity surface form: sections of the Reichswehr
Reichsmarine partOf Reichswehr
Reichsmarine serviceBranchOf Reichswehr
this entity surface form: German Armed Forces (Reichswehr)
Josef Harpe memberOf Reichswehr
Kurt von Schleicher memberOf Reichswehr
Great General Staff partOf Reichswehr
this entity surface form: Reichswehr (early Weimar period, in reduced form)
Kurt Student memberOf Reichswehr
Bavarian Army replacedBy Reichswehr
Generalleutnant usedIn Reichswehr
General Paul Hausser militaryBranch Reichswehr
subject surface form: Paul Hausser
Wünsdorf usedBy Reichswehr
Hermann Balck memberOf Reichswehr
Dietrich von Saucken memberOf Reichswehr
Hans von Seeckt militaryBranch Reichswehr
Reichswehr air units partOf Reichswehr
Reichswehr air units branch Reichswehr
this entity surface form: Reichswehr army
Otto Lasch memberOf Reichswehr
Generaloberst usedIn Reichswehr
von Bock partOf Reichswehr
subject surface form: Fedor von Bock
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski militaryBranch Reichswehr
subject surface form: Erich von Manstein
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski memberOf Reichswehr
subject surface form: Erich von Manstein
this entity surface form: Reichswehr officer corps
von Leeb memberOf Reichswehr
subject surface form: Wilhelm von Leeb
Franz Halder militaryBranch Reichswehr
Franz Halder memberOf Reichswehr
this entity surface form: Reichswehr officer corps
Saxon Army followedBy Reichswehr
Felix Steiner militaryBranch Reichswehr
Württemberg Army followedBy Reichswehr
Christian Hansen partOf Reichswehr
Hermann Köhl militaryBranch Reichswehr
Franz Böhme militaryBranch Reichswehr
Franz Böhme memberOf Reichswehr
this entity surface form: Reichswehr officer corps
Oberstleutnant usedIn Reichswehr
Gustav Fehn memberOf Reichswehr
Richard Ruoff memberOf Reichswehr
German military alsoKnownAs Reichswehr
General Alfred Schlemm memberOf Reichswehr
subject surface form: Alfred Schlemm
von Lossow employer Reichswehr
subject surface form: Otto von Lossow
Joachim Lemelsen memberOf Reichswehr
Reinhard Gehlen memberOf Reichswehr
Bendlerblock historicallyUsedBy Reichswehr
Ruhr uprising of 1920 mainParticipants Reichswehr
this entity surface form: Weimar government forces
Ruhr uprising of 1920 opposedBy Reichswehr