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German child soldiers in World War II (2 C, 8 P) E. Einsatzgruppen personnel (1 C, 78 P) G. ... German military personnel killed in World War II (9 C, 104 P)
The Kapp Putsch of March 1920, a failed attempt to overthrow the government of the Weimar Republic, drew its military support from the Freikorps, in particular the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt. It was after the failure of the Kapp Putsch, and under Allied pressure to keep both Germany's official and unofficial military forces at the 100,000 man limit ...
Eleven Belgian soldiers were killed in an attack on a railway bridge near Hochfeld (today part of Duisburg) on 30 June 1923. [ 36 ] The Belgian Army of Occupation maintained a dedicated security service known as the Military Security Service in Occupied Germany ( Sûrété militaire en Allemagne occupée , SMAO) which provided some support to ...
This is a list of German military units during World War II which contains all military units that served with the German Armed Forces . Major units above corps level are listed here. For smaller units, see list of German corps in World War II and list of German divisions in World War II .
World War II military equipment of Germany (5 C, 21 P) F. Wehrmacht (14 C, 49 P) G. ... Pages in category "Military history of Germany during World War II"
Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany played a large role, through publications and political pressure, in the efforts to rehabilitate the reputation of the Waffen-SS, which had committed numerous war crimes during World War II. High ranking German politicians courted former Waffen-SS members and their veteran organisation, HIAG.
In all, approximately 5,318,000 soldiers from Germany and other nationalities fighting for the German armed forces—including the Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and foreign collaborationist units—are estimated to have been killed in action, died of wounds, died in custody or gone missing in World War II. Included in this number are 215,000 Soviet ...
Beckerle spent 11 years in a Soviet POW camp, was released to West Germany in 1955, was charged with war crimes in 1966 for his role in the deportation of Macedonian Jews, which were dropped on grounds of ill health in 1968 and died in 1976 at a retirement home in West Germany. In 1943, Viktor Lutze was killed in an automobile accident, and ...