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Conscription. The Federal Republic of Germany had conscription ( Wehrpflicht, German: [ˈveːɐ̯ˌp͡flɪçt] ⓘ) for male citizens between 1956 and 2011. On 22 November 2010, the German Minister of Defence proposed to the government to put conscription into abeyance on 1 July 2011. [1] The constitution, however, retains provisions that would ...
List of United States Army installations in Germany. As planned for 2020. The United States Army has over 40 military installations in Germany, two of which are scheduled to close. Over 220 others have already been closed, mostly following the end of the Cold War in the 1990s.
Glossary of German military terms. This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that have been or are used by the German military. Ranks and translations of nicknames for vehicles are included. Also included are some general terms from the German language found frequently in military jargon. Some terms are from the general German ...
Specialty insignia (NCOs and enlisted) The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935). There were few alterations and adjustments made as the army grew from a limited peacetime defense force of 100,000 men to a war-fighting force of several ...
Gastarbeiter ( German for 'guest worker'; pronounced [ˈɡastˌʔaʁbaɪtɐ] ⓘ; both singular and plural) are foreign or migrant workers, particularly those who had moved to West Germany between 1955 and 1973, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker program ( Gastarbeiterprogramm ). As a result, guestworkers are generally considered ...
Ranks of the Imperial German Army. State specific insignia. Cockades. Officer corps. General officers / Generäle. Field officers / Stabsoffiziere. Captains and subalterns / Hauptleute und Subalternoffiziere. Warrant officers and officer cadets. Non-commissioned officers / Unteroffiziere.
The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (German: Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale. It was a vital part of the German economic exploitation of conquered territories.
Hauptmann (from Early Modern High German Heubtmann) is cognate with the Swedish hövitsman, which also has the root meaning 'head-man' or 'the man at the head', and is closely related to hövding, meaning ' chieftain '. Since medieval times, both titles have been used for state administrators rather than military personnel.
The Oberste Heeresleitung (German pronunciation: [ˈoːbɐstə ˈheːʁəsˌlaɪtʊŋ], "Supreme Army Command", OHL) was the highest echelon of command of the army (Heer) of the German Empire. In the latter part of World War I , the Third OHL assumed dictatorial powers and became the de facto political authority in the Empire.
The Wehrmacht Long Service Award (German: Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung) was a military service decoration of Nazi Germany issued for satisfactory completion of a number of years in military service.