Definition of Reichswehr. Meaning of Reichswehr. Synonyms of Reichswehr

- Reichswehr (lit. 'Reich Defence') was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first years of the Third Reich. After...
- The Black Reichswehr (German: Schwarze Reichswehr) was the unofficial name for the extra-legal paramilitary formation that was secretly a part of the...
- The Ministry of the Reichswehr (German: Reichswehrministerium) was the defence ministry of the Weimar Republic and the early Third Reich. Based in the...
- player in the Reichswehr's efforts to avoid the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles, Schleicher rose to power as head of the Reichswehr's Armed Forces...
- After the war, he continued his military career as a captain in the Reichswehr and provided ****istance to Franz Ritter von Epp's Freikorps. In 1919,...
- During the years of the Weimar Republic he was chief of staff for the Reichswehr from 1919 to 1920 and commander in chief of the German Army from 1920...
- humanity. During the Weimar era, the oath of allegiance, sworn by the Reichswehr, required soldiers to swear loyalty to the Reich Constitution and its...
- military ranks of the Weimar Republic were the military ranks used by the Reichswehr. The Peacetime Army (German: Friedensheer) continued to use the uniforms...
- Ruhr uprising. In 1921, the Reichswehr organized the Black Reichswehr, a secret reserve networked within the Reichswehr and organised as labour battalions...
- a general strike in the region failed, the German government sent in Reichswehr (regular army) and Freikorps (paramilitary) units to put down the rebellion...