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[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-10883, Hans von Seeckt and Otto Geßler_Hans_von_Seeckt_und_Otto_Geßler.jpg|thumbnail|left|Hans von Seeckt and Otto Gessler in 1930]]
After the war, the Reichswehr—the successor to the Imperial German Army—set about trying to train for the next war that it knew was coming and wanted to fight. The Reichswehr was much stymied by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, but this did not stop its new chief, Hans von Seeckt, in his desire to restore German arms and bring Bewegungskrieg back from its supposed extinction.<ref>For the interwar German army and Hans von Seeckt, see: Citino, ''The German Way of War'', chapter 7.</ref>