Wehrmacht
[ vair-mahkht; German veyr-mahkht ]
/ ˈvɛərˌmɑxt; German ˈveɪrˌmɑxt /
noun
the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.
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Origin of Wehrmacht
<German, equivalent to Wehr defense + Macht force
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Example sentences from the Web for Wehrmacht
The same could not be said for the 100,000 Wehrmacht troops killed, wounded, or captured.
The other was the much-decorated Wehrmacht officer Major Josef ‘Sepp’ Gangl, who died helping the Americans protect the VIPs.
World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together|Andrew Roberts|May 12, 2013|DAILY BEASTThe Wehrmacht had already lost the war against the Soviet Union by December 7, 1941, and the German high command knew it.
A lot of Rivers's, and everybody else's who's been fooling with it around here, and half the Wehrmacht.
Murder in the Gunroom|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
/ German (ˈveːrˌmaxt) /
noun
the armed services of the German Third Reich from 1935 to 1945
Word Origin for Wehrmacht
from Wehr defence + Macht force
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