Reichswehr
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Reichswehr
< German, equivalent to Reich realm, empire ( see Reich) + -s genitive ending + Wehr defense, weapon
Example Sentences
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In 1937 he returned to Germany, learned to speak excellent German, grew a mustache like Hitler's, took the Nazi "leadership-training" course, became a Reichswehr parachutist.
From Time Magazine Archive
These three have been a team ever since 1935, when the Nazi Party reorganized the Reichswehr and divided the country into three Group Commands.
From Time Magazine Archive
He retired from the Reichswehr in 1930, went to China as Chiang Kai-shek's military adviser, became his good friend and stayed on to help him fight the Japanese even after Germany had formed the Axis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Protection was supplied by the unreconciled in the Republic's Government, by discontented ex-officers in the Black Reichswehr and the Free Corps.
From Time Magazine Archive
Volkheimer goes inside and returns with a colonel in field uniform: the Reichswehr coat and high belt and tall black boots.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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