Wehrmacht
[ vair-mahkht; German veyr-mahkht ]
/ ˈvɛərˌmɑxt; German ˈveɪrˌmɑxt /
noun
the German armed forces of the years prior to and during World War II.
Origin of Wehrmacht
< German, equivalent to
Wehr defense +
Macht force
Example sentences from the Web for wehrmacht
The same could not be said for the 100,000 Wehrmacht troops killed, wounded, or captured.
The other was the much-decorated Wehrmacht officer Major Josef ‘Sepp’ Gangl, who died helping the Americans protect the VIPs.
World War II’s Strangest Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought Together |Andrew Roberts |May 12, 2013 |DAILY BEASTThe Wehrmacht had already lost the war against the Soviet Union by December 7, 1941, and the German high command knew it.
Rethink Everything You Think You Know About World War II |David Frum |February 10, 2013 |DAILY BEASTA lot of Rivers's, and everybody else's who's been fooling with it around here, and half the Wehrmacht.
Murder in the Gunroom |Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
/ German (ˈveːrˌmaxt) /
noun
the armed services of the German Third Reich from 1935 to 1945
Word Origin for Wehrmacht
from
Wehr defence +
Macht force