Imperial Army or Deutsches Heer was the name of combined land and air forces of German empire. it was dissolved in 1919 after German defeat in WW I. Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt was the last commander of Imperial Army. Before him Wilhelm Groener, Paul von Hindenburg and Erich von Falkenhayn also commanded Imperial army during WW I.
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Supremo Commando was the Italian command headquarters who were over all the forces in North Africa. When General Irwin Rommel arrived, he continued to serve under the Supremo Commando. However, the German forces had better equipment and officers, so General Rommel could make some of his own decisions. Sometimes he even went against what the German Staff advised him to do. Technically, Rommel was under the command of the Italians until Hitler promoted Rommel to Field Marshal, making him the highest ranking officer in North Africa. and hi
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The number of German soldiers who served in the German Military in World War I was 13,250,000. The number of American military personnel that served during World War I was 4,743,826.
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There were a number of restrictions placed on the German Army following World War 1. They were allowed no more than 100,000 men in the military, no conscription and their Navy was limited to 15,000.