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The Heinkel He 111, one of the technologically advanced aircraft that were designed and produced illegally in the 1930s as part of the clandestine German rearmament. German rearmament (Aufrüstung, German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ̯fˌʀʏstʊŋ]) was a policy and practice of rearmament carried out by Germany from 1918 to 1939 in violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which required German ...
Brüning tried to alleviate the burden of reparation payments and to achieve German equality in the rearmament question. In 1930, he replied to Aristide Briand's initiative to form a "United States of Europe" by demanding full equality for Germany, refusing offers of French financial assistance to help Germany's deteriorating economy. [14]
The Great Naval Race: Anglo-German Naval Rivalry 1900–1914 (2005) Rüger, Jan (2007). The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521875769. Rüger, Jan. "Revisiting the Anglo-German Antagonism," Journal of Modern History (2011) 83#3, pp. 579–617 in JSTOR; Seligmann, Matthew (2010).
German militarism was a broad cultural and social phenomenon between 1815 and 1945, which developed out of the creation of standing armies in the 18th century. The numerical increase of militaristic structures in the Holy Roman Empire led to an increasing influence of military culture deep into civilian life.
Hans Speidel (28 October 1897 – 28 November 1984) was a German military officer who successively served in the armies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany and West Germany. The first general officer of the Bundeswehr , he was a key player in West German rearmament during the Cold War as well as West Germany's integration into NATO and ...
The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 (2009) Hooton, Tim. The Luftwaffe: A Complete History 1933–45 (2010) Kelly, Patrick J. Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy (2011) excerpt and text search; Kitchen, Martin. A Military History of Germany: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (1976)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 January 2025. German Nazi politician and military leader (1893–1946) "Göring" and "Goering" redirect here. For other uses, see Göring (disambiguation). Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring Göring on trial, c. 1946 16th President of the Reichstag In office 30 August 1932 – 23 April 1945 President ...
Erich von Falkenhayn, the Chief of Germany's Great General Staff, rejected his plan as a pipe dream. Nevertheless, urged on by Ludendorff and Hoffman, Hindenburg spent the winter fighting for his strategy by badgering the Kaiser while his press officer recruited notables like the Kaiserin and the Crown Prince to "stab the Kaiser in the back ...