Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

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Wehrmacht command structure military high command

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

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Label Occurrences
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht canonical 62
German High Command 5
Wehrmachtführungsstab 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Wehrmacht command structure ⓘ
military high command ⓘ
abbreviation OKW ⓘ
allegiance Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi Party officials ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Italian Campaign

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
hasPart Kriegsmarine ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine

Luftwaffe ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe

OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wehrmachtführungsstab
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
Wünsdorf ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
inception 1938 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
legalStatus instrument of a criminal regime ⓘ
notableCommander Alfred Jodl ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ
notableEvent German Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
surface form: 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 Reich Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Nuremberg Trials
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Führer and Reich Chancellor ⓘ
surface form: Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
translatedName High Command of the Armed Forces ⓘ

Referenced by (91)

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

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