Wehrmacht
[vair-mahkht; German veyr-mahkht]
- 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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Contemporary Examples of 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 TogetherAndrew Roberts
May 12, 2013
The Wehrmacht had already lost the war against the Soviet Union by December 7, 1941, and the German high command knew it.
Historical Examples of wehrmacht
A lot of Rivers's, and everybody else's who's been fooling with it around here, and half the Wehrmacht.
Murder in the GunroomHenry Beam Piper
Wehrmacht
- the armed services of the German Third Reich from 1935 to 1945
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Word Origin for Wehrmacht
from Wehr defence + Macht force
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