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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...
- humanity.
During the
Weimar era, the oath of allegiance,
sworn by the
Reichswehr,
required soldiers to
swear loyalty to the
Reich Constitution and its...
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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...
- The
Ministry of the
Reichswehr (German: Reichswehrministerium) was the
defence ministry of the
Weimar Republic and the
early Third Reich.
Based in the...
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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,...
- the Ruhr uprising. In 1921 the
Reichswehr organized the
Black Reichswehr, a
secret reserve networked within the
Reichswehr and
organised as
labour battalions...
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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...
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newly gained political power. He also
wanted to
appease leaders of the
Reichswehr, the
German military, who
feared and
despised the SA as a
potential rival...
- a
general strike in the
region failed, the
German government sent in
Reichswehr (regular army) and
Freikorps (paramilitary)
units to put down the rebellion...
