High Command of the Armed Forces

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The High Command of the Armed Forces was Nazi Germany’s supreme military command authority overseeing the coordination and strategic direction of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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instanceOf Wehrmacht command structure
government agency
military high command
abbreviation OKW
appliesToJurisdiction German Air Force
German Army
German Navy
Wehrmacht
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
endCause defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II
formedAs successor to Reich Ministry of War in operational matters
hasPart Armed Forces Intelligence Office
Foreign Armies East
Foreign Armies West
Operations Staff of the Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht Propaganda Department
Wehrmachtführungsstab
administrative department
economic office
legal department
headquartersLocation Berlin
Wünsdorf
ideology Nazism
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalStatus declared criminal organization at Nuremberg Trials
memberOf Nazi power structure
linked to: Third Reich
nativeName Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
notableCommander Alfred Jodl
Wilhelm Keitel
officeHeldBy Colonel General Alfred Jodl
linked to: Alfred Jodl

Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
linked to: Wilhelm Keitel
opposedBy Allied powers
partOf Nazi regime
positionHeld Chief of the OKW
Chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW
linked to: Chief of the OKW
responsibleFor coordination between army, navy, and air force
overall strategic planning of German armed forces
role coordination of Wehrmacht operations
strategic direction of the Wehrmacht
supreme military command authority of Nazi Germany
significantEvent involved in planning Operation Barbarossa
involved in planning campaigns in the Balkans
involved in planning operations on the Eastern Front
involved in planning the Battle of France
involved in planning the invasion of Poland
issued strategic directives for invasions in Europe
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
Führer
timePeriod World War II

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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht translatedName High Command of the Armed Forces
Wilhelm Keitel positionHeld Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces
linked to: High Command of the Armed Forces
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht translatedName High Command of the Armed Forces
subject linked to: OKW