Heer (German Army)

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The Heer was the land forces component of the German military, most notably serving as Nazi Germany’s army during World War II.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Heer (German Army) canonical 4
Heer (Wehrmacht) 4
Heer (Bundeswehr) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf land forces branch ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
activeInConflict World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
branchOf German Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: German military
commandStructure Oberkommando des Heeres ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
disbandedAfter German defeat in World War II ⓘ
disbandedBy Allied Control Council ⓘ
equipmentType armored vehicles ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
tanks ⓘ
garrisonLocation Berlin ⓘ
higherCommand Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
ideologicalAlignment Nazism ⓘ
involvedIn crimes against humanity ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
literalMeaning army ⓘ
militaryBranchColor white Waffenfarbe for infantry ⓘ
notableEquipment Karabiner 98k rifle ⓘ
MG 34 machine gun ⓘ
linked to: MG 34

MG 42 machine gun ⓘ
Panther tank ⓘ
Panzer IV ⓘ
linked to: Panzerkampfwagen IV

Tiger I tank ⓘ
notableFor Battle of France ⓘ
Eastern Front campaigns ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
invasion of Poland ⓘ
large-scale land operations in Europe during World War II ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
recruitment conscription ⓘ
voluntary enlistment ⓘ
role land warfare ⓘ
separateFrom Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Waffen-SS ⓘ
successor Bundeswehr Heer ⓘ
linked to: Bundeswehr
successorCountry Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: West Germany
symbol Balkenkreuz ⓘ
Wehrmacht eagle ⓘ
linked to: Luftwaffe eagle
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
uniformFeature field-grey uniforms ⓘ
usedByRegime German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
usedDoctrine Blitzkrieg ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MNH → customer → Heer (German Army) ⓘ
Richard Ruoff → memberOf → Heer (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Heer (German Army)
Panzer Badge → introducedBy → Heer (German Army) ⓘ
Army Command (Bundeswehr) → militaryBranch → Heer (German Army) ⓘ
Major (Wehrmacht) → partOf → Heer (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Heer (German Army)
German 2nd Army → branch → Heer (German Army) ⓘ
Walter Heitz → partOf → Heer (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Heer (German Army)
Karl Weisenberger → partOf → Heer (Wehrmacht) ⓘ
linked to: Heer (German Army)
Ulrich de Maizière → militaryBranch → Heer (Bundeswehr) ⓘ
linked to: Heer (German Army)
Bundesministerium der Verteidigung → oversees → Heer (Bundeswehr) ⓘ
linked to: Heer (German Army)