Wehrmacht High Command

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The Wehrmacht High Command was the central military leadership body of Nazi Germany, responsible for directing the operations, strategy, and administration of the German armed forces during the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi Germany military organization ⓘ
World War II military institution ⓘ
military high command ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Wehrmacht ⓘ
associatedWith German war crimes in World War II ⓘ
Nazi war of aggression ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

World War II ⓘ
controlled strategic deployment of German armed forces ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
differentFrom Oberkommando der Luftwaffe ⓘ
linked to: Luftwaffe

Oberkommando der Marine ⓘ
Oberkommando des Heeres ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation OKW ⓘ
headedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
inception 1938 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
nativeName Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
notableCommander Alfred Jodl ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ
officeHeld Chief of the OKW ⓘ
operatedIn Germany ⓘ
oversaw German Air Force operations at the strategic level ⓘ
German Army operations at the strategic level ⓘ
German Navy operations at the strategic level ⓘ
partOf Nazi regime power structure ⓘ
Wehrmacht command structure ⓘ
positionHeldBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
responsibleFor coordination between different branches of the Wehrmacht ⓘ
issuing operational orders to field commands ⓘ
overall military strategy of Nazi Germany ⓘ
role central military leadership body of Nazi Germany ⓘ
military administration of the Wehrmacht ⓘ
operational command of Wehrmacht forces ⓘ
strategic direction of the German armed forces ⓘ
shortName OKW ⓘ
significantEvent coordination of multi-front operations for Nazi Germany ⓘ
direction of German military campaigns in Europe ⓘ
planning of major German offensives in World War II ⓘ
subjectOf post-war war crimes investigations ⓘ
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler ⓘ
timePeriod 1938–1945 ⓘ
Nazi era ⓘ

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Third Reich economic bureaucracy → cooperatedWith → Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
Operation Nordwind → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Fall Blau → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Mondscheinsonate → planningAuthority → German High Command ⓘ
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Commander of Army Group A → establishedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → awardingBody → German High Command ⓘ
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Lycée Roosevelt surrender signing site → surrenderSignedOnBehalfOf → German High Command ⓘ
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OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) → partOf → Wehrmacht command structure ⓘ
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Chief of the OKW → hasTitleInGerman → Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht ⓘ
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Operation Achse → commandedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Ob. Süd → subordinateTo → German High Command ⓘ
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Frühlingserwachen → commandedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Unternehmen Blau → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation 25 → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe → historicalContext → Third Reich military leadership ⓘ
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1st Panzer Division → usedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Winter Storm → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Hitler Line → namedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Third Reich elite society → associatedWith → Wehrmacht high command ⓘ
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Case Red → commandedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Abwehr → parentOrganization → German Armed Forces High Command ⓘ
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Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia → issuedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Margarethe → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Franz Halder → memberOf → Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
Führerhauptquartier system → partOf → German High Command infrastructure ⓘ
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German summer offensive of 1942 → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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John Smith → associatedWith → Nazi high command ⓘ
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Oberkommando der Luftwaffe → partOf → Wehrmacht command structure ⓘ
subject linked to: OKL
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German Operation Trappenjagd → planningAuthority → German High Command ⓘ
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Army Office → partOf → Wehrmacht command structure ⓘ
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Operation Zeppelin → aimedAt → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Titanic → aimedAt → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Glimmer → intendedAudience → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Ironside → targeted → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Vendetta → aimedAt → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Ferdinand → targeted → German High Command ⓘ
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Operation Cockade → aimedAt → German High Command ⓘ
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Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe → partOf → German High Command ⓘ
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Werner von Blomberg → memberOf → Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber → awardingAuthority → German High Command ⓘ
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Unternehmen 25 → plannedBy → German High Command ⓘ
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German 18th Army → formedBy → Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
Second Army → higherCommand → German High Command ⓘ
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Theodor Scherer → partOf → Wehrmacht high command structure ⓘ
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Military Governor of Paris → subordinateTo → German High Command ⓘ
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Alberich Line → controlledBy → German High Command ⓘ
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Hermann Foertsch → affiliation → Wehrmacht high command structures ⓘ
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OKW Trial → concerns → Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
Criminal orders of the Wehrmacht → issuedBy → High Command of the Wehrmacht ⓘ
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War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords → awardingAuthority → German High Command ⓘ
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