INTER WAR YEARS 1919 TO 1939
NAZISM IN GERMANY
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Question
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100, 000
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10, 000
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20, 000
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250, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -The German army was restricted to 100, 000 men; the general staff was eliminated; the manufacture of armoured cars, tanks, submarines, airplanes, and poison gas was forbidden; and only a small number of specified factories could make weapons or munitions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Kaiser Wilhelm II was the official Commander-in-Chief, but the Army chief of staff, Helmuth von Moltke was the effective leader in the field. Moltke was followed in this post by Erich von Falkenhayn (1914-16) and Paul von Hindenburg (1916-18). The German Army in 1914 comprised 25 corps (700, 000 men).
Detailed explanation-3: -March 1935-March 1936: Creating the Wehrmacht In early 1935, Germany took its first public steps to rearm, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. On March 16, 1935, a new law reintroduced the draft and officially expanded the German army to 550, 000 men.
Detailed explanation-4: -The German army was to be limited to 100, 000 men, and conscription proscribed. The treaty restricted the Navy to vessels under 10, 000 tons, with a ban on the acquisition or maintenance of a submarine fleet. Moreover, Germany was forbidden to maintain an air force.