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Major changes made with several published sources and copies of ORIGINAL German documents. The verifiable evidence should speak for itself...
The '''Wehrmacht''' was the main ground [[army]] of [[Germany]] during [[World War II]].
The '''Wehrmacht''' were the Armed Forces of [[Germany]] during [[World War II]]. The literal English translation of '''Wehrmacht''' is: defense-make or defense-power. To make sense in English it is transliterated to Armed Forces. The '''Wehrmacht''' had three official branches: the [[army]] (German: ''Heer''), the [[air force]] (German: ''Luftwaffe''), and the [[navy]] (German: ''Kriegsmarine''). Unofficially, the ''SS'' or, more specifically, the ''Waffen SS'' became a fourth branch of the ''Wehrmacht'' by the end of the war.
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:World War II]]
== Sources - Recommended Reading ==
Davies, W.J.K.; ''German Army Handbook'', 1973, Ian Allen Ltd., Shepperton, Surrey, ISBN 0-7110-0290-8<br />
Glantz, David M.; When ''Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler'', February 1998,University Press of Kansas, ISBN-10: 0700608990<br />
U.S. National Archives; ''Captured German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria, Virginia'', Microfilm publications T-77 and T-78, 2,680 rolls<br />
U.S. War Department; ''Handbook on German Military Forces'', 15 March 1945, Technical Manual TM-E 30-451<br />
Web Site: http://www.feldgrau.com - ''Feldgrau.com - research on the German armed forces 1918-1945'' (information '''usually''' verified)<br />