Wehrmacht
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Wehrmacht
< German, equivalent to Wehr defense + Macht force
Example Sentences
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As the Wehrmacht fought these ghastly battles in the western U.S.S.R., it was also fighting the British in North Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The so-called Day of Honour marked an attempt in 1945 by the German Wehrmacht, the Waffen-SS, and their Hungarian collaborators to break through a Soviet siege of the city.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
The town was the site of an intense battle with the German Wehrmacht after U.S. troops landed in Normandy.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
The typewriter was made in Siegmar-Schönau—a suburb of Chemnitz—by Wanderer, an early German pioneer in manufacturing bicycles, motorcycles, cars, and later military trucks and tanks for the Wehrmacht, the armed forces in the Nazi era.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2024
After the boys completed their Reich Labor Service, they reported for two years of military service, either with the Wehrmacht, as the regular German army was called, or with the SS.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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