Reichswehr

American  

[rahyks-vair, rahykhs-veyr] / ˈraɪks vɛər, ˈraɪxsˌveɪr /

noun

1. the 100,000-man army Germany was permitted to maintain under the Versailles Treaty after World War I: the limit was secretly exceeded.

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Etymology

Origin of Reichswehr

< German, equivalent to Reich realm, empire ( Reich ) + -s genitive ending + Wehr defense, weapon

Example Sentences

Volkheimer goes inside and returns with a colonel in field uniform: the Reichswehr coat and high belt and tall black boots.

From Literature

I mean the sons of the estancieros and the se�oritos who became officers under Segura while he had his Reichswehr experts running the army.

From Project Gutenberg

And the college's chief is no monocled martinet such as the late great General Hans von Seeckt, who built the Reichswehr after Versailles, but an infantryman who rose to major general's rank fighting on the Eastern Front.

From Time Magazine Archive

It looked dangerously like the Reichswehr, which Hitler had built into the Wehrmacht.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Germany collapsed, Rundstedt was included in the brilliant little band of officers whom brilliant General Hans von Seeckt had chosen to rebuild the Reichswehr.

From Time Magazine Archive