The German Army (German: Heer, German pronunciation:[ˈheːɐ̯], lit.Army) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht,[lower-alpha 1] the regular German Armed Forces, from 1935 until it was demobilized and later dissolved in August 1946.[1] During World War II, a total of about 13 million soldiers served in the German Army.[2] Germany's army personnel were made up of volunteers and conscripts