Faction: The German Army WWII In 1935, Hitler, Fuhrer of Nazi Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding the German army’s strength by bringing in military conscription and rearmament. The German armed forces as a whole, previously known as the Reichswehr now became the Wehrmacht. This was the Heer - Army, the Kriegsmarine - Navy and the Luftwaffe - Air force. Please consider supporting our videos on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory?ty=c Get your copy of Simple History: World War II today! https://www.amazon.com/Simple-History-simple-guide-World/dp/1505922410/ Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1457289367&sr=8-1 Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1457289367&sr=8-1 http://www.simplehistory.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Narrator: Chris Kane https://ckvox.com/ Animation: Daniel Turner Artwork: Daniel turner With research help from : Oleg Guimaoutdinov Music Credit Ross Bugden- 'Drive' ‘Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License’.