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 ( see Reich) + -s genitive ending + Wehr defense, weapon

Example Sentences

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

As President of the Ibero-American Institute in Berlin, he directs "cultural" relations, but also arranges contacts between aspiring Latin American generals and the Reichswehr.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Reichswehr, too, dropped that name, which it has never liked, to become again Germany's Heer.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1926 he was forced from the Reichswehr command�because his organizing abilities were embarrassing Germany's peace & reconciliation policy.

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