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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Generate an image of the Reichswehr (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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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs German Army of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
commanderTitle Chef der Heeresleitung ⓘ
Chef der Marineleitung ⓘ
Reichswehrminister ⓘ
component Reichsheer ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr

Reichsmarine ⓘ
conscriptionStatus no conscription allowed under Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
cooperatedWith Soviet Union for clandestine military training ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
disestablishedBy Nazi government ⓘ
linked to: Nazi Germany
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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Referenced by (151)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wehrmacht → precededBy → Reichswehr ⓘ
Wehrmacht → replaced → Reichswehr ⓘ
Herbert Marcuse → servedIn → German Army ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Beer Hall Putsch → opposedBy → Reichswehr ⓘ
Generalfeldmarschall → usedIn → German Army ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Generalfeldmarschall → usedIn → Reichswehr ⓘ
Heer → precededBy → Reichswehr ⓘ
Reichswehr → alsoKnownAs → German Army of the Weimar Republic ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Reichswehr → component → Reichsheer ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Ernst Busch → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Hermann Hoth → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Ludwig Erhard → servedIn → German Army ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Gerhard Klopfer → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Sturmabteilung → rivalOrganization → Reichswehr ⓘ
Walter Model → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Wilhelm Bittrich → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
German General Staff → partOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Gotthard Heinrici → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff → employer → German Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Wilhelm Stuckart → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Weimar Republic → military → Reichswehr ⓘ
Erich von Manstein → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Heinz Guderian → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Walther von Brauchitsch → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Wilhelm List → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Fedor von Bock → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Georg-Hans Reinhardt → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Bavarian police → cooperatedWith → Reichswehr ⓘ
Ewald von Kleist → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Wilhelm von Leeb → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Wilhelm von Leeb → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Imperial German Army → followedBy → Reichswehr ⓘ
Imperial German Army → influenced → Reichswehr ⓘ
Prussian Army → successor → Reichswehr ⓘ
Maximilian von Weichs → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Operation Hummingbird → perpetrator → Reichswehr officers ⓘ
linked to: Reichswehr
Ernst Röhm → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Günther von Kluge → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Georg von Küchler → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Erhard Raus → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Walther Nehring → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Ferdinand Schörner → memberOf → Reichswehr ⓘ
Otto von Lossow → militaryBranch → Reichswehr ⓘ
Otto von Lossow → employer → Reichswehr ⓘ
Panzer I → developedFor → Reichswehr ⓘ
subject linked to: Panzer I tanks