Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht
Palang lurus Balkenkreuz, satu versi bagi Iron Cross, lambang Wehrmacht.
Aktif	1935–1945
Negara	Jerman Nazi
Kesetiaan	Jerman Nazi
Peranan	Angkatan tentera Nazi Jerman
Keanggotaan	18.2 juta
Markas/Ibu pejabat	Zossen
Pengasas	Adolf Hitler
Perang/pertempuran	Perang Saudara Sepanyol Perang Dunia II
Komander
Komander ternama	Adolf Hitler
Tanda kebesaran
Simbol identifikasi	Balkenkreuz

Wehrmacht  (listen)  (Jerman: "pasukan pertahanan" atau secara harfiahnya "kuasa pertahanan") adalah nama bagi angkatan tentera bersatu bagi negara Jerman bermula pada tahun 1935 sehingga 1945. Ia mengandungi Heer (tentera darat), Kriegsmarine (tentera laut) dan Luftwaffe (tentera udara).

Waffen-SS, cabang tempur bagi Parti Nazi, secara de facto merupakan cabang ke-4 dalam Wehrmacht, dan berkembang daripada tiga rejimen kepada 38 divisyen pada tahun 1945.

Wehrmachtsadler ("Helang Wehrmacht") adalah satu lambang yang dipasang pada helmet Wehrmacht (model 1942).

Lihat juga

• Bundeswehr
• Reichswehr
• Angkatan Tentera Jerman
• Waffen-SS
• Sejarah Jerman semasa Perang Dunia II
• Reich Ketiga
• Penentangan Jerman
• Perang Dunia II
• Kor Afrika
• Tentera Darat Panzer Afrika
• Pakaian seragam Jerman semasa Perang Dunia II

Rujukan

• Max Hastings, Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy 1944, 1985, reissued 1999, Pan, ISBN 0-330-39012-0
• Max Hastings, Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1945, 2004, Macmillan, ISBN 0-333-90836-8
• Anthony A Evans, World War II: An Illustrated Miscellany, 2005, Worth Press, ISBN 1-84567-681-5
• Geoffrey P. Megargee, War of Annihilation. Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941, 2006, Rowman & Littelefield, ISBN 0-7425-4481
• Geoffrey P. Megargee, Inside Hitler's High Command, 2000, University Press of Kansas, ISBN 978-0-7006-1187-4
• W.J.K. Davies, German Army Handbook, 1973, Ian Allen Ltd., Shepperton, Surrey, ISBN 0-7110-0290-8
• Fest, Joachim; Plotting Hitler's Death—The Story of the German Resistance, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1996. ISBN 0-8050-4213-X
• Former Waffen-SS soldiers, Wenn alle Brueder schweigen (When all our brothers are silent), Munin Verlag GmbH, Osnabrueck, 3rd revised edition 1981, ISBN 3-921242-21-5
• Lubbeck, William; Hurt, David B. At Leningrad's Gates: The Story of a Soldier with Army Group North. Philadelphia, PA: Casemate, 2006 (hardcover, ISBN 1-932033-55-6).
• U.S. National Archives, Captured German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Virginia, Microfilm publications T-77 and T-78, 2,680 rolls
• U.S. War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces, 15 March 1945, Technical Manual TM-E 30-451

Pautan luar

• Extensive history and information about German armed forces from 1919 to 1945
• The Wehrmacht, the Holocaust, and War Crimes
• The Wehrmacht: A Criminal Organization? A review of Hannes Heer and Klaus Naumann work on the subject
• AFRIKAKORPS Reference Website / Allied and Axis North Africa and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations Research Group with largest collections of North African Campaign & MTO photographs on the internet
• Examples of, and information about, camouflage uniforms used by the Wehrmacht Heer, Wehrmacht Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS during the Second World War
• Archives of the German military manuals including secret manuals of Enigma and Cryptography
• Deutsche Welle article about Wehrmacht veterans
• Georgische legion - Units and photos
• Over 2,000 original German WWII soldier photographs from the Eastern Front
• 'Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg', WGN Radio Chicago - including a link to the interview with Max Hastings (29/11/04)