Wehrmachtn.

Brit.

/ˈvɛːmaxt/,

/ˈvɛːmɑːxt/,

/ˈvɛːmakt/,

/ˈvɛːmɑːkt/, U.S.

/ˈvɛrˌmɑkt/,

/ˈvɛrˌmɑxt/

Etymology: German, lit. ‘defence force’.

Now Historical.

The name used for the German armed forces between 1921 and 1945. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > [noun] > other nationalities

National Guard1792

black flags1876

service member1890

Wehrmacht1935

Tojo1942

Fighting French1943

Zahal1959

1935 in Documents on German Foreign Policy (1959) III. 1008 Ranks and badges of rank of the members of the Reich Air Ministry..will assume a military character and resemble those of the Wehrmacht.

1945 Daily Mirror 8 May 3/2 The Wehrmacht commander announced that he did not recognise what he described as the ‘armistice’.

1945 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 9 Nov. 10/3 He..attempted to pass himself off as an ordinary soldier of the Wehrmacht.

1959 M. Crosland tr. J. Rovan Germany 176 Young Germans..begin travelling around the country armed with a stewpan and an old Wehrmacht kitbag.

1965 Eng. Stud. 46 226 The Wehrmacht mentality is plain, the terrible joyous uplift in the fact of killing, the terrible satisfaction to be extracted from a sense of the irresistible.

1978 L. Heren Growing up on The Times vii. 257 Of all the armies which fought in the second world war, the Wehrmacht was undoubtedly the best, perhaps the best in history.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wehrmacht
释义	Wehrmachtn. Brit. /ˈvɛːmaxt/, /ˈvɛːmɑːxt/, /ˈvɛːmakt/, /ˈvɛːmɑːkt/, U.S. /ˈvɛrˌmɑkt/, /ˈvɛrˌmɑxt/ Etymology: German, lit. ‘defence force’. Now Historical. The name used for the German armed forces between 1921 and 1945. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > [noun] > other nationalities National Guard1792 black flags1876 service member1890 Wehrmacht1935 Tojo1942 Fighting French1943 Zahal1959 1935 in Documents on German Foreign Policy (1959) III. 1008 Ranks and badges of rank of the members of the Reich Air Ministry..will assume a military character and resemble those of the Wehrmacht. 1945 Daily Mirror 8 May 3/2 The Wehrmacht commander announced that he did not recognise what he described as the ‘armistice’. 1945 ‘G. Orwell’ in Tribune 9 Nov. 10/3 He..attempted to pass himself off as an ordinary soldier of the Wehrmacht. 1959 M. Crosland tr. J. Rovan Germany 176 Young Germans..begin travelling around the country armed with a stewpan and an old Wehrmacht kitbag. 1965 Eng. Stud. 46 226 The Wehrmacht mentality is plain, the terrible joyous uplift in the fact of killing, the terrible satisfaction to be extracted from a sense of the irresistible. 1978 L. Heren Growing up on The Times vii. 257 Of all the armies which fought in the second world war, the Wehrmacht was undoubtedly the best, perhaps the best in history. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1935
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