== Command structure ==Legally, the Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht was Adolf Hitler in his capacity as Germany's head of state, a position he gained after the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in August 1934.
Medtem, ko je velikost stalne vojske ostala na približno 100.000 mož, ki jih je odredila pogodba, je nova skupina z približno istim številom vsako leto prejela usposabljanje.