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Reichswehr

Armed forces
Reichswehr was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first years of the Third Reich. After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Imperial German Army was dissolved in order to be reshaped into a... Wikipedia
Active personnel: 115,000 (1921)
Commander-in-chief: Friedrich Ebert (1919–25); Paul von Hindenburg (1925–34); Adolf Hitler (1934–35)
Founded: 6 March 1919; 105 years ago
Headquarters: Zossen, Brandenburg
Military age: 18–45
Ranks: Military ranks of the Reichswehr