The Reichsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Weimar Republic. Image File history File links Germany-Jack-1921. ... Image File history File links Germany-Jack-1921. ... The German Navy (German: Deutsche Marine (help· info)) is the navy of Germany and part of the Bundeswehr. ... Flag of Weimar Republic, 1919–1933 This article outlines political events from 1918 until the collapse of the Republic in 1933. ...
Many of them joined the Freikorps, a collection of volunteer quasi-military units that were involved in revolution and border clashes between 1918 and 1923.
Limited by treaty to a total of 100,000 men, the Reichswehr was composed of the Reichsheer[?], an army consisting of two group commands, seven infantry divisions[?], and three cavalry divisions[?], and the Reichsmarine, a navy limited to a handful of ships.
Despite the limitations on size, research and development went on, and during this time many of the future leaders of the Wehrmacht, for instance, Heinz Guderian, first formulated the ideas that they were to use so effectively a few years later.
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