GERMAN FORCES
TWO MILLION MEN. THE PRESENT STRENGTH. FRENCH WRITER’S REPORT. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received November 2, 11.5 a.m. - PARIS, Nov. 1. Germany could put into the field over 2,000,000 men within a fortnight, M. Phillippe Barres writes in the Matin. Germany’s army equals that of 1914. The Reichswehr, under the Treaty of Versailles, should total seven infantry divisions and three cavalry divisions. Actually it consists of 21 infantry and four cavalry divisions, totalling 432,000 men, which could be mobilised in six hours.
The Reichswehr is really an organisation for training recruits for frontier protection, the divisions consisting of old Storm Troopers. The Stahlhelmers consist of a further forty divisions.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 288, 2 November 1934, Page 9
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