I know that Prince Wilhelm of Prussia served in the Wehrmacht during the invasion of France in 1940 and died during the invasion itself, the reaction by the public following his death was enough to spook the German government into banning members of the Royal Houses (Prince Law?) from serving in the Wehrmacht from 1940 onwards. My question is, prior to the 1940 law, how many members of the former German royal houses served in the Wehrmacht? and then following the 1940 law, how many members served in the Kriegsmarine and/or Luftwaffe?
Wasn't "Wehrmacht", the general name of the german military under the 3rd Reich? Meaning that if the members of the royal houses were barred from joining the Wehrmacht after the 1940 law, it effectively meant they couldn't join the army (Heer), air force (Luftwaffe) and navy (Kriegsmarine)?