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Unread 08-16-2012, 12:12 AM   #25
Dwight Gruber
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Originally Posted by Douglas Jr. View Post

...Besides that, it is interesting to note that the Police units role during this timeframe is often overlooked. Although the size of the German Armed Forces was strictly controlled by the Allies, they didn't bother at all to set a limit to the Polizei units. By alocating WWI veterans and other volunteers to the police units, Germany kept another source for trained reserve of soldiers.
The police were limited to increases in proportion to their local population increase since 1913.

Of course they scammed ways around it.

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