Wehrmacht

[ vair-mahkht; German veyr-mahkht ]

noun

1. the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.

Wehrmacht

/ ˈveːrˌmaxt /

noun

1. the armed services of the German Third Reich from 1935 to 1945

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wehrmacht¹

< German, equivalent to Wehr defense + Macht force

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wehrmacht¹

from Wehr defence + Macht force

Example Sentences

The same could not be said for the 100,000 Wehrmacht troops killed, wounded, or captured.

From The Daily Beast

A wavering, but canny Wehrmacht General Dietrich von Choltitz finally surrendered it on August 25.

From The Daily Beast

The other was the much-decorated Wehrmacht officer Major Josef ‘Sepp’ Gangl, who died helping the Americans protect the VIPs.

From The Daily Beast

The Wehrmacht had already lost the war against the Soviet Union by December 7, 1941, and the German high command knew it.

From The Daily Beast

A lot of Rivers's, and everybody else's who's been fooling with it around here, and half the Wehrmacht.

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