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Erich von Manstein
German field marshall (–)
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November – 9 June ) was a Teutonic Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) timely the Heer (Army) loom Nazi Deutschland during Sphere War II. He was subsequently guilty of warfare crimes submit sentenced progress to 18 geezerhood imprisonment.
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Chapter 7 From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg. How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht
Hébert, Valerie. "Chapter 7 From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg. How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht". Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals: Transitional Justice, Trial Narratives, and Historiography, edited by Kim C. Priemel and Alexa Stiller, New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, , pp.
Hébert, V. (). Chapter 7 From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg. How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht. In K. Priemel & A. Stiller (Ed.), Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals: Transitional Justice, Trial Narratives, and Historiography (pp. ). New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Hébert, V. Chapter 7 From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg. How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht. In: Priemel, K. and Stiller, A. ed. Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals: Transitional Justice, Trial Narratives, and Historiography. New York, Oxford: Berghahn Books, pp.
Hébert, Valerie. "Chapter 7 From Clean Hands to Vernichtungskrieg. How the High Command Case Shaped the Image of the Wehrmacht" In Reassessing the Nuremberg Military Tribunals: Transitional Justice, Trial Narratives, and Historiography edited by K
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Wehrmacht
Unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from to
Not to be confused with Waffen-SS.
The Wehrmacht (German pronunciation:[ˈveːɐ̯maxt]ⓘ, lit.&#;'defence force') were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from to It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used term Reichswehr (Reich Defence) and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime's efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted.
After the Nazi rise to power in , one of Adolf Hitler's most overt and bellicose moves was to establish the Wehrmacht, a modern offensively-capable armed force, fulfilling the Nazi regime's long-term goals of regaining lost territory as well as gaining new territory and dominating its neighbours. This required the reinstatement of conscription and massive investment and defence spending on the arms industry.
The Wehrmacht formed the heart of Germany's politico-military power. In the early part of the Second World War, the Wehrmacht employed combined arms tactics (close-cover air-support, tanks and infantry) to devastating effect in what became known as Blitzkrieg (lightning war). Its campaigns in France (), the Sovie