Original: Origin and use of the term Before the rise of the NSDAP , the term Wehrmacht generically described the domestic armed forces , of any nation , being used as the '' home defence '' version of the German Streitmacht or foreign war forces , thus , Britische Wehrmacht denoted '' British defence forces '' .
Simplified: Origin and use of the terms Before the rise of the NSDAP , the term Wehrmacht was used in a generic sense to describe armed forces of any nation , being utilized as the '' home defence '' version of the more general Streitmacht .