German Army officer corps

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military officer corps social elite

The German Army officer corps was the professional cadre of commissioned leaders in Germany’s land forces, central to planning and executing military operations, particularly during the World Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military officer corps ⓘ
social elite ⓘ
associatedWith German General Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oberkommando des Heeres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oberste Heeresleitung NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandPhilosophy Auftragstaktik ⓘ
decentralized decision-making within commander’s intent ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
disbanded 1945 ⓘ
education attendance at war academies ⓘ
general staff training ⓘ
professional military education ⓘ
fateAfter1945 dissolution under Allied occupation ⓘ
hasRole command of land forces ⓘ
executing military operations ⓘ
general staff service ⓘ
operational leadership ⓘ
planning military operations ⓘ
staff work ⓘ
strategic leadership ⓘ
training subordinates ⓘ
ideology conservative ⓘ
monarchist (until 1918) ⓘ
nationalist ⓘ
involvedIn planning of major German campaigns in World War I ⓘ
planning of major German campaigns in World War II ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legacy influenced officer corps of the Bundeswehr ⓘ
notableConflict Franco-Prussian War NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imperial German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Prussian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reichswehr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
selectionCriteria formal examinations ⓘ
military aptitude ⓘ
social background (especially in Prussian era) ⓘ
socialComposition increasingly middle class by the early 20th century ⓘ
predominantly aristocratic in the 19th century ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
Interwar period ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
tradition Prussian military tradition ⓘ
emphasis on discipline ⓘ
emphasis on obedience ⓘ
mission-type tactics (Auftragstaktik) ⓘ

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Adolf Strauss → memberOf → German Army officer corps ⓘ
Gustav Anton von Wietersheim → serviceNumber → German Army officer corps ⓘ