Reichswehr Length of Service

German Freikorps, Reichsheer and Reichsmarine 1919-1934.
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Reichswehr Length of Service

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Hello!

Can anyone tell me what the length of service would've been for an enlisted man in the Reichswehr in the early 1920s?

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Hello,
As far as I know and that I have read, the army was to be reduced to 100,000 enlisted men for a term of twelve years, except 4,000 officers whose term of service would be twenty-five years

https://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie ... 0%C3%AAtre

Sorry but I did't know more.
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Thanks! Actually that was very helpful. :up:

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Re: Reichswehr Length of Service

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Question, on those who entered service in 1936 what was their length of service?

I have a photo album that states in July of 1935 he received orders that he must muster. As he would have eventually been part of the 6th infantry division I am sure he was not released from service before the end of World War 2.
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