How many men was Germany allowed to sustain in its military post WWI?

After the war the Treaty of Versailles restricted the German Army to 100,000 men.

When was Germany at its strongest?

Germany’s territorial control at its greatest extent during World War II (late 1942):

How many battleships could Germany have?

Following the war, Germany was limited to eight pre-dreadnought battleships, two of which would be in reserve. New warships were severely limited in terms of armament and size. Admiral Erich Raeder was appointed the commander of the German navy in 1928.

Why is the German military so small?

Most German tanks and planes simply do not work. Inventories of ships, aircraft and armored vehicles were cut by up to seventy five percent, and the German defense budget was cut further. Germany now spends just 1.2\% of GDP on defense, far below the NATO recommended 2\%.

How good was the German Army before WW2?

To get to an answer that reflects reality we have to start by breaking the German army up into 2 cohorts. The German army pre-1939 which was a small force of professional soldiers who had exceptionally high physical and mental standards and who drilled in the field and gymnasium on a daily basis.

How much was a German soldier worth in WW2?

No answer would be complete without a mention of Col Trevor Dupuy who conducted a qualitative study of German soldiers throughout the war. He determined that the average German soldier was worth at least 1.5 Allied soldier and as many as 6 or 8 Russian soldiers at the beginning of the war and still better than 2 to 1 at the end.

How many German soldiers died for desertion in WW2?

That rule was taken seriously during the lead up to World War II and the conflict itself. At least 15,000 German soldiers were executed for desertion alone, and up to 50,000 were killed for often minor acts of insubordination.

What happened to captured German soldiers in WW2?

The Russians captured something like 4 million German soldiers throughout the war of whom about 40 percent died, many of typhus, exposure or starvation. A cut, a scratch or a sprain was a death sentence in a PoW camp. Many captured soldiers were forced to work in the mines where the average life span was 12 weeks.

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