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M42 Relic German Wehrmacht Steel helmet

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M42 German Wehrmacht Steel Helmet

Relic condition M42 German Wehrmacht steel helmet, Helmet has been used as a feed scoop, hence the two holes to the front. Helmet is still a solid one.

M42 Relic German Wehrmacht Steel helmet

The Wehrmacht (German pronunciation: [ˈveːɐ̯maxt] lit.defence force) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation “Wehrmacht” replaced the previously used term Reichswehr (Reich Defence) and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime’s efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted.[11]

After the Nazi rise to power in 1933, one of Adolf Hitler‘s most overt and bellicose moves was to establish the Wehrmacht, a modern offensively-capable armed force, fulfilling the Nazi regime’s long-term goals of regaining lost territory as well as gaining new territory and dominating its neighbours. This required the reinstatement of conscription and massive investment and defence spending on the arms industry.[12]

The Wehrmacht formed the heart of Germany’s politico-military power. In the early part of the Second World War, the Wehrmacht employed combined arms tactics (close-cover air-support, tanks and infantry) to devastating effect in what became known as Blitzkrieg (lightning war). Its campaigns in France (1940), the Soviet Union (1941) and North Africa (1941/42) are regarded by historians as acts of boldness.[13] At the same time, the extent of advances strained the Wehrmacht’s capacity to the breaking point, culminating in its first major defeat in the Battle of Moscow (1941); by late 1942, Germany was losing the initiative in all theatres. The German operational art proved no match to that of the Allied coalition, making the Wehrmacht’s weaknesses in strategy, doctrine, and logistics apparent.[14]

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