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- proper noun historical The German armed forces from 1935 to 1945.
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Examples
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Seven faithful worthies trudged up the steps of the underground shelter, lugging the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Hitler in Wehrmacht blankets.
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Seven faithful worthies trudged up the steps of the underground shelter, lugging the corpses of Mr. and Mrs. Hitler in Wehrmacht blankets.
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The fear of revenge by the Stalinist system against turncoats and prisoners of war was dispelled by references, in German Wehrmacht propaganda - in accordance with the claims of the Goebbels Propaganda Ministry - to the near collapse of the Stalinist state, brought about, if not directly by German victory, then at least by inner opposition inside the country.
The Civic Platform - A Political Journal of Ideas and Analysis 2008
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From all groups of German Resistance those within the Wehrmacht were the most condemned by the NSDAP.
Berlinski's Wisdom 2010
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The first development in the Wehrmacht was the growing deployment of independent Abteilungen based on powerful new weapons that in general were not being parceled out at the divisional level.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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The first development in the Wehrmacht was the growing deployment of independent Abteilungen based on powerful new weapons that in general were not being parceled out at the divisional level.
Deathride John Mosier 2010
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For the United States to claim credit for destroying the Wehrmacht is the equivalent of Toyota claiming credit for inventing the automobile.
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The Wehrmacht was the most successful army in 1940, 10 days from their border to the Channel coast and you were 3000miles away across the Atlantic.
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For the United States to claim credit for destroying the Wehrmacht is the equivalent of Toyota claiming credit for inventing the automobile.
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For the United States to claim credit for destroying the Wehrmacht is the equivalent of Toyota claiming credit for inventing the automobile.
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