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Condor Legion – volunteer forces of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe (6000 or more strong) sent by Hitler to assist Franco during the Spanish Civil War (1936) on the stipulations that it remained exclusively under German command. The aerial branch of the Condor Legion gained notoriety for their comprehensive bombing of the Spanish rebel lines and ...
The Bundeswehr (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] ⓘ, literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, German Navy, German Air Force, Joint Support Service, Joint Medical Service, and Cyber and Information Domain Service.
The German General Staff, originally the Prussian General Staff and officially the Great General Staff (German: Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army and later, the German Army, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of war, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign.
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The ranks of the German Armed Forces, (in German: Bundeswehr), were set up by the President with the Anordnung des Bundespräsidenten über die Dienstgradbezeichnungen und die Uniform der Soldaten on the basis of section 4, paragraph 3 of the Soldatengesetz (federal law concerning the legal status of soldiers).
This section tests the candidate's reading comprehension by presenting five short (70-80 words) and three long (400-750 words) pieces of writing, followed by comprehension questions with simple filling (multiple choice, true/false, ticking, cloze texts). The reading part consists of five individual parts and lasts for 85 min (75 min working ...
Leicht kampfwagen II [12] 1918 (light tank that was rarely used conducting escorts and never saw combat) Mannesmann Motoren und Lastwagen AG panzerkraftwagen [13] 1916 (armored truck) Nacke 3.5t 1913 (supply truck) Nacke 5t 1915 (supply truck) NSU 3 1.2 PS [14] 1914 (sidecar motorcycle) Opel 4t 1915 (supply truck) Porsche Generatorzugwagen [15 ...
It was dissolved, shortly after the end of the Battle of Stalingrad, on 12 February 1943. On 1 January 1943, Army Group E was formed to oversee the German occupation in the Balkans. On 22 February 1943, the remnant German forces of the North African campaign were briefly combined into Army Group Afrika. It ceased to exist shortly after on 13 ...