| LC control no. | no2015002790 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Germany. Wehrmacht |
| See also | Germany. Reichswehr |
| Beginning date | 1935-03-16 |
| Ending date | 1946-08 |
| Found in | Krieg ist ein Gesellschaftszustand, c1998: t.p. (Reden zur Eröffnung der Austellung "Vernichtungskrieg. Verbrechen der Wehrmacht 1941 bis 1944") Wikipedia, Feb. 22, 2008 (In 1935, the Reichswehr was renamed Wehrmacht. After World War II and under the Allied occupation of Germany, the Wehrmacht was abolished. When West Germany remilitarized in 1955, its newly-created armed forces became known as the Bundeswehr ("Federal Defence Force"). East Germany's armed forces, formally established in 1956, were known as the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee). When East Germany (the German Democratic Republic) was incorporated into "West Germany" (the Federal Republic of Germany) in 1990, much of the Volksarmee property and some of the staff were also incorporated into the Bundeswehr. Hence the term Wehrmacht customarily refers to Germany's armed forces during the NSDAP era and World War II, both in German and English. Note: It is incorrect to equate Wehrmacht with only the army (Wehrmacht Heer). For Service identification all Wehrmacht vehicles used by Heer, Luftwaffe or Kriegsmarine units had license plates with WH, WL or WM) German Wikipedia, 7 Jan. 2015: Wehrmacht (included totality of armed forces in nationalsocialist Germany; succeeded Reichswehr on 16 March 1935; officially dissolved in Aug. 1946; consisted of Heer, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe) DNB in VIAF, 8 Jan. 2015 (Deutsches Reich. Wehrmacht) |
| Associated language | ger |
| Invalid LCCN | nr 98041487 n 97093649 |
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