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INSTRUMENTS OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF REICHSWEHR OFFICER CORPS IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC

Artem Pavlovich Sokolov
Lomonosov Moscow State University


Submitted: March 1, 2015
Abstract. The article reveals the features of forming the instruments of the German officer corps influence on political and social processes in the Weimar Republic. The role of political informants, officers’, veterans’ associations and military alliances, the interaction of the War Ministry and the Army Command of the Reichswehr is analyzed. The characteristic of activity in the tandem of Hans von Seeckt and Otto Gessler is given. The author comes to the conclusion about the formation of the integrated system of the Reichswehr management influence on the policy of Weimar Germany.
Key words and phrases:
рейхсвер
германский офицерский корпус
военные союзы
ветеранские союзы
Ганс фон Сект
Отто Гесслер
the Reichswehr
the German officer corps
military alliances
veterans’ associations
Hans von Seeckt
Otto Gessler
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