The Nazis came to power in 1933 and began remilitarization. The high military expenditures quickly restored the economy devastated by depression, making Hitler very popular with the people and the military.
Hitler created the Wehrmacht which was the name of the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945, emerged after the dissolution of the armed forces of the Weimar Republic, called Reichswehr. It consisted of the Heer ("army"), the Kriegsmarine ("navy") and the Luftwaffe ("air force"). The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used term Reichswehr, and was the manifestation of the efforts of the Nazi regime to rearm Germany to a greater extent than allowed by the Treaty of Versailles.
