Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

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The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht was the German Armed Forces High Command that directed Nazi Germany’s military operations during World War II.

Aliases (16)

German High Command ×5
Wehrmachtführungsstab ×3
German Armed Forces High Command ×1
German Armed Forces High Command (OKW) ×1
German High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW) ×1
German armed forces high command ×1
High Command of the German Armed Forces ×1
Luftwaffe high command ×1
Nazi Germany military leadership ×1
Nazi military leadership ×1
OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) ×1
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht leadership ×1
Oberkommando des Heeres ×1
Operations Staff of the Wehrmacht ×1
Wehrmacht Propaganda Department ×1
Wehrmacht high command ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht command structure → military high command →
abbreviation	OKW →
allegiance	Adolf Hitler → Nazi Party leadership →
commandStructure	direct control by Adolf Hitler → parallel to Nazi Party leadership structures →
conflict	Battle of Berlin → Battle of France → Battle of Kursk → Battle of Stalingrad → Defense of the Reich → Invasion of Poland → Italian Campaign → North African Campaign → Operation Barbarossa → World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
dissolved	1945 →
hasPart	Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine → Oberkommando der Luftwaffe → Oberkommando des Heeres → Wehrmachtführungsstab →
headquartersLocation	Berlin → Wünsdorf →
ideology	Nazism →
inception	1938 →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
legalStatus	instrument of a criminal regime →
notableCommander	Alfred Jodl → Wilhelm Keitel →
notableEvent	signing of the German Instrument of Surrender 1945 →
operatedIn	Germany → occupied Europe →
partOf	Wehrmacht →
positionHeld	Chief of the OKW → Chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW →
replaced	Reichswehrministerium →
responsibleFor	planning aggressive wars → violations of the laws of war → war crimes →
role	coordination of army navy and air force operations → implementation of Hitler’s military directives → strategic military planning →
subjectOf	Nuremberg Trials →
subordinateTo	Adolf Hitler → Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany →
timePeriod	World War II →
translatedName	High Command of the Armed Forces →

Referenced by (59)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Army Group A → Commander of Army Group A → Commander-in-Chief South → Commander-in-Chief South ("German Armed Forces High Command") → Commander-in-Chief South → Commander-in-Chief West → German Army Group G ("German Armed Forces High Command (OKW)") → Heer → Heeresgruppe Süd → I SS Panzer Corps → Kriegsmarine High Command → Luftwaffe High Command → OB West → OKH → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) → Ob. Süd → Oberbefehlshaber Südost → Oberbefehlshaber West →	subordinateTo
Case White ("German High Command") → Fall Weiss ("Oberkommando des Heeres") → Operation Barbarossa ("German High Command") → Operation Blue ("German High Command") → Operation Nordwind → Operation Sea Lion → Operation Weserübung →	plannedBy
Cabinet of Adolf Hitler → High Command of the Armed Forces ("Operations Staff of the Wehrmacht") → High Command of the Armed Forces ("Wehrmachtführungsstab") → High Command of the Armed Forces ("Wehrmacht Propaganda Department") → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("Wehrmachtführungsstab") → Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ("Wehrmachtführungsstab") →	hasPart
Chief of the OKW → Commander-in-Chief West → Oberbefehlshaber West →	partOf
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) → Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross →	awardingAuthority
OKH → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) →	distinctFrom
Commander-in-Chief West → German Cross in Gold →	establishedBy
Commissar Order ("High Command of the German Armed Forces") → Commissar Order →	issuedBy
Albert Kesselring ("Wehrmacht high command") → Albert Kesselring ("Luftwaffe high command") →	memberOf
High Command of the Armed Forces → Wehrmacht High Command →	nativeName
CommissarOrderImplementation ("OKW (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht)") → CommissarOrderImplementation ("German High Command") →	orderedBy
DulagTransitCamps ("German High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW)") →	administrativeControl
Hugo Sperrle ("Nazi Germany military leadership") →	affiliatedWith
Helmuth Weidling ("Nazi military leadership") →	associatedWith
German Cross in Gold ("German armed forces high command") →	awardingOrganization
Alfred Jodl →	employer
Reich Ministry of Defence →	followedBy
Commander-in-Chief South →	operatedBy
Saar Offensive ("German High Command") →	opposedBy
Unternehmen Seelöwe →	plannedByOrganization
Commander-in-Chief West ("Oberkommando der Wehrmacht leadership") →	reportedTo
German Instrument of Surrender →	surrenderingParty