Ever since the end of the Second World War, the German army has been in a sense of disarray of some kind.
Even after all these years, Germany is still struggling as a result of Hitler's actions.
It is only recently, in 2011-2012, that the German military is beginning to balance itself again.
After the end of the Second World War, military-trained men were scarce. So little in fact that many army platoons and corps had to be disbanded after Germany surrendered. Simply because there were not enough men to fill the ranks.
Things didn't get much better during the Cold War either. The remaining German armies were split between Eastern and Western Germany by the Berlin Wall.
The West side of the wall, controlled by the Allies, were very paranoid of the German army, refusing to co-operate with them, meaning further German corps were disbanded.
On the East side, controlled by the communists, the German army was treated as a "slave army". Again, causing more corps to disband.
After the Cold War, Germany managed to slowly set up 11 divisions and 27 Brigades.
However they have gone through so many changes, re-organisations, merges and disbands since then.
For example, 25th German Airbourne were re-organised and merged into Kommando Spezialkräfte (German Special Commandos, inspired by the British Royal Commandos because the Germans admired their performance in World War 2 and the Cold War).
Nowadays, all corps have been disbanded and the soldiers merged into newer divisions or brigades.
In the coming years (2012, 2013+) Germany plans to disband or merge even more of it's army.
- 13th German Mechanised Infantry is planned to be disbanded.
- Airmobile Operations and Special Operations Division will be merged.
- 1st Airmobile brigade will be disbanded and the units shuffled between different divisions.
- None of the heavy divisions will be disbanded or merged. However there are still secret plans to reshuffle the army some more.
In summary, Germany does have a good army. But since the end of the Second World War it has been the centre of so much shuffling, disbands and merges, that in a war the German Army, at it's current state, would be unprepared.
The German Army would make a good defensive force if Germany came under attack. But if Germany was to invade Another Country, the military would be plagued with miscoordination and confusion.
The German Army were smashed so hard by the allies during World War 2 and disfigured so much by the Allies and communists during the Cold War, that even today the Army is still recovering.
It could be another five-to-eight years before the German Army is ever effective enough to be an invasion force again.
The German 4th Panzer Army (German: 4.Panzer-Armee) was at the Battle of Stalingrad along with the German 6th Army. The Russians had several armies but no "4th" army.
The motto of German Army is 'Schützen, helfen, vermitteln, kämpfen'.
The Russian city of Leningrad was never conquered by the German army .
The German Army is called the "Heer"; it is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the" Wehrmacht".The term "Wermacht" includes all German military forces including Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy) and Luftwaffe (airforce)
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The Nazis never had an entire army of their own, but they had the German Army under their direction, and it was a very good army which was very difficult to beat. There is a tendency to confuse German and Nazi in World War 2, but not all Germans were Nazis, just as not all Americans are Democrats. In WW2 it was not even required that a German general be a member of the Nazi Party, and actually most of them were not.
The German 4th Panzer Army (German: 4.Panzer-Armee) was at the Battle of Stalingrad along with the German 6th Army. The Russians had several armies but no "4th" army.
The motto of German Army is 'Schützen, helfen, vermitteln, kämpfen'.
German Army's motto is 'To protect, help, moderate, and fight'.
Because he was the ruler of Germany and of the German army.
The Russian city of Leningrad was never conquered by the German army .
There are many things you can do to learn about the life in the German army. You can go to a library or you can go online to the history of the German army.
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The German Army is called the "Heer"; it is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the" Wehrmacht".The term "Wermacht" includes all German military forces including Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy) and Luftwaffe (airforce)
They were the army of the political party at the time
The size of the German army was other 25 million strong.