OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)

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The Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) was the German Army High Command responsible for directing the operations and administration of the Heer (Army) in Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military high command
Nazi Germany military organization
army high command
abbreviation OKH
associatedWithEvent Battle of France
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
German invasion of Poland
linked to: Invasion of Poland

Operation Barbarossa
commandStructure centralized staff organization
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
linked to: Eastern Front

World War II
country Nazi Germany
distinctFrom Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
linked to: Luftwaffe

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
hadSection intelligence staff
logistics staff
operations staff
personnel office
headquartersLocation Berlin
Wünsdorf
historicalPeriod Nazi era
Second World War
linked to: World War II
ideologyContext National Socialism
linked to: Nazism
languageOfName German
nativeName Oberkommando des Heeres
notableCommander Adolf Hitler
Heinz Guderian
Walther von Brauchitsch
operatedBy Heer
oversawUnitType German field armies
army groups
partOf Wehrmacht command structure
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Army
linked to: Commander-in-Chief
responsibleFor army administration
logistics of the German Army
personnel management of the German Army
planning army operations
training of the German Army
role administrative command of the German Army
operational command of the German Army
serviceBranch German Army
subjectOf studies of German military command in World War II
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

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GermanArmyGroupNorth higherCommand OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Heer subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production collaboratedWith German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Operation Blue plannedBy Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht hasPart Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Commander-in-Chief South partOf German Army command structure
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Heeresgruppe Süd subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Manstein Plan initiallyRejectedBy Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Operation Braunschweig commandedBy German High Command (OKH)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German Army Group G subordinateTo German High Command of the Army (OKH)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht hasPart Oberkommando des Heeres
subject linked to: OKW
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht distinctFrom Oberkommando des Heeres
subject linked to: OKW
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
OKH fullName Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Commander of Army Group A subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Army Group A subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German-Italian Panzer Army subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) nativeName Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
2nd Light Division operatedBy German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Chief of the OKW hasAuthorityOver Oberkommando des Heeres (in practice increasingly after 1941)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Chief of the OKW relatedTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Wehrmacht High Command differentFrom Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Ziegenberg (near Bad Nauheim) in later war years controlledBy German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Walther Model memberOf German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
16th Army commandStructure German Army High Command (OKH)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberbefehlshaber Südost partOf Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberbefehlshaber Südost subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
9th Army subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German 709th Static Infantry Division higherCommand German Army High Command (OKH)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
2nd Army subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
11th Army commandStructure German Army High Command (OKH)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German Army Group D subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Wound Badge in Gold introducedBy German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oflag POW camps operatedBy German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Fall Gelb (original variant) designedBy Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Heeresgruppe Oberrhein subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Army Group Courland operatedUnder Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Eleventh SS Panzer Army associatedWith German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
XIV Motorized Corps subordinateTo German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Reichswehr air units controlledBy German Army High Command (Heeresleitung)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German Army Group H commandStructure Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Inspector-General of Armoured Troops partOf German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Inspector-General of Armoured Troops partOf Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Inspector-General of Armoured Troops subordinateTo Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German 11th Army commandStructure Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberbefehlshaber West partOf Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Berlin Defense Area usedBy German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Army Group Southeast commandStructure Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine distinctFrom Oberkommando des Heeres
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
German Army Group B commandStructure Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH)
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
Hungarian Army units alliedCommandRelationship German Army High Command
linked to: OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)