WORLD HISTORY

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: -Following the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, firm restrictions were placed on the German military, most notably, the entire army was restricted to just 100, 000 men, while the navy was reduced to just 15, 000 men.

Detailed explanation-3: -German Reunification 1990 As part of the German reunification process, under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (Two-Plus Four Treaty), which paved the way for reunification, the Bundeswehr was to be reduced to 370, 000 personnel, of whom no more than 345, 000 were to be in the Army and Air Force.

Detailed explanation-4: -Articles 159-163 reduced the size of the German army, which had reached 1.9 million troops during World War I, to just 100, 000, and mandated that the force “shall be devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory and to the control of the frontiers.”

Detailed explanation-5: -The German Army in 1914 comprised 25 corps (700, 000 men). Within a week of mobilization some 3.8 million men were under arms. There were eight army commands and a further ten were created during the war. A cavalry regiment and other support forces were attached to each 2 divisions.