Wehrmacht

unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945
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Wehrmacht
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The Wehrmacht was an organization that served as the parent organization of Nazi Germany.

Wehrmacht

Summary

Wehrmacht is an armed forces[1]. Wehrmacht ranks in the top 1% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,463 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wehrmacht is in the country of Nazi Germany[3].
  • Wehrmacht is in the country of Allied-occupied Germany[4].
  • Wehrmacht's image is recorded as Balkenkreuz.svg[5].
  • Wehrmacht's instance of is recorded as armed forces[6].
  • Wehrmacht's follows is recorded as Reichswehr[7].
  • Wehrmacht's followed by is recorded as Bundeswehr[8].
  • Wehrmacht's followed by is recorded as National People's Army[9].
  • Wehrmacht's seal image is recorded as Balkenkreuz.svg[10].
  • Wehrmacht's headquarters location is recorded as Wünsdorf[11].
  • Wehrmacht's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121789424[12].
  • Wehrmacht's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130135419[13].
  • Wehrmacht's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138971330[14].
  • Wehrmacht's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146189204[15].
  • Wehrmacht's GND ID is recorded as 26159-2[16].
  • Wehrmacht's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2015002790[17].
  • Wehrmacht's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11880872d[18].
  • Wehrmacht's IdRef ID is recorded as 115554548[19].
  • Wehrmacht's location is recorded as Zossen[20].
  • Wehrmacht's Commons category is recorded as Wehrmacht[21].
  • Wehrmacht's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Wehrmacht-pronunciation.ogg[22].
  • Wehrmacht's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Fanat22012-Вермахт.wav[23].
  • Wehrmacht's archives at is recorded as Federal Archives-Military Archives[24].
  • Wehrmacht's has part is recorded as German Army[25].
  • Wehrmacht's has part is recorded as Kriegsmarine[26].
  • Wehrmacht's has part is recorded as Luftwaffe[27].

Body

Founding

+1935-05-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wehrmacht[28].

Identity

Wehrmacht's follows is recorded as Reichswehr[7]. Successors include Bundeswehr[8] and National People's Army[9].

Operations

Wehrmacht's headquarters location is recorded as Wünsdorf[11]. Wehrmacht's parent organization or unit is recorded as Nazi Germany[29].

Dissolution

Wehrmacht was dissolved in +1946-08-20T00:00:00Z[30].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Wehrmacht include Legend of the clean Wehrmacht[31], a myth[32] and jerrycan[33].

Why It Matters

Wehrmacht ranks in the top 1% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,463 views/month).[2] Wehrmacht has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Wehrmacht is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Wehrmacht include Legend of the clean Wehrmacht[31], a myth[32] and jerrycan[33].

References

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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