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The Wehrmacht (German pronunciation: [ˈveːɐ̯maxt], lit. "Defence Force") was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1946. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation Wehrmacht for Nazi Germany's military replaced the previously used term, Reichswehr (1919–35), and constituted the Third Reich’s efforts to rearm the nation to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted.
Following Germany’s defeat in the First World War, the country was relegated by the Versailles treaty to a limited army of only 100,000, one barely sufficient for home defense. The Reichswehr, formed under the newly formed Weimar Republic was the precursor to the Wehrmacht. After the Nazi seizure of power, one of Hitler’s most overt and audacious moves was to establish a mighty fighting force (the Wehrmacht), a modern armed forces fully capable of offensive use. Fulfilling the Nazi regime’s long-term goals of regaining lost territory and dominating its neighbors required massive investment and spending on the armaments industry, as well as military conscription to expand Hitler’s fighting machine. In December 1941, Hitler designated himself as commander-in-chief of the Wehrmacht.
Content owner is ZDFE.factual. It is for educational and historical purposes. "Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power. This unique and fascinating five-part documentary explores the conflicts as seen through the eyes of the men who fought and died for Hitler."
The Wehrmacht Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power. The Wehrmacht: Attack on Europe Hitler’s Wehrmacht was not only the biggest warring army in German history. Millions and millions of soldiers, who all had sworn the same personal oath of loyalty to the Führer, occupied large parts of Europe. And as the dictator’s willi...
The Wehrmacht Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power.
The Wehrmacht Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power.
The Wehrmacht Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power.
The Wehrmacht Hitler's army thundered through Europe from 1939 to 1945 and brought needless death and destruction to the continent. What was it like to serve in this army? To conduct one of the bloodiest wars in history? To occupy half of Europe and yet to suffer total defeat? This five-part portrait provides long-awaited answers and sheds light on the Wehrmacht's complex bonds of loyalty, conscience and honor. The thought-provoking story of an army's evolution from defense troops to military force to exterminating power.
What's the use in fighting a stupid meaningless war?
They say that they want peace, but they keep buying more and more.
I don't support these traitors,
it's something I won't do I'd rather get the friends together,
reef and drink some brew,
you're old enough to kill at 18,
but much too young to drink,
it's not that it stops us anyway,
it's just stupid, don't you think?
We can scream in their face and they still don't listen
they're fully set in their ways don't give up,
but just face the facts the world has seen better days
I love brew and it loves me
we have fun religiously fuck their war,
they won't get me 'cause life's too short to pay their fees
if I only had a beer for every bomb they have built,
To get it shape,
we drinksercise and pump aluminum.
Draft beer, not me,