Wehrmacht

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military organization unified armed forces

The Wehrmacht was Nazi Germany’s unified armed forces during World War II, encompassing the army, navy, and air force and serving as the primary instrument of German military aggression in Europe.

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All labels observed (38)

Label	Occurrences
Wehrmacht canonical	1,031
German Army (Wehrmacht)	49
German Wehrmacht	48
German Army	33
German forces	14
Heer (Wehrmacht)	8
German armed forces	7
Wehrmacht units	6
Heer (German Army)	4
Kriegsmarine	4
Nazi Germany armed forces	4
German Army in World War II	3
German armed forces in World War II	3
Wehrmacht Heer	3
Wehrmacht officer corps	3
German Armed Forces	2
German Army (Heer)	2
German Army (Wehrmacht Heer)	2
German Wehrmacht units	2
Wehrmacht personnel	2
Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper units)	1
German Army (1935–1945)	1
German Army (as institutional context)	1
German Army armored forces	1
German Army during World War II	1
German High Command	1
German Wehrmacht (captured)	1
German Wehrmacht (fuel supply)	1
German forces (captured weapons)	1
Nazi Germany Wehrmacht	1
Nazi Germany forces	1
Nazi Germany military	1
Wehrmacht auxiliary (Flakhelfer)	1
Wehrmacht ground forces	1
Wehrmacht high command	1
Wehrmacht occupation forces	1
Wehrmacht officers	1
army (Wehrmacht Heer)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ unified armed forces ⓘ
capitalOfCountryServed	Berlin ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Berlin ⓘ Battle of France ⓘ Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ Invasion of Poland ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign Operation Barbarossa ⓘ World War II ⓘ
cooperatedWith	Einsatzgruppen ⓘ Gestapo ⓘ SS ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
disbandedBy	Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ surface form: Allied Control Council
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
doctrine	Blitzkrieg campaigns ⓘ surface form: Blitzkrieg
endTime	1945 ⓘ
equipment	Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ Panzer tanks ⓘ U-boats ⓘ
followedBy	Bundeswehr ⓘ
hasPart	Heer ⓘ Wehrmacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kriegsmarine Luftwaffe ⓘ
ideology	German militarism ⓘ Nazism ⓘ
legalBasis	Nazi rearmament laws ⓘ
location	Berlin ⓘ
notableCommander	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Alfred Jodl ⓘ Erich von Manstein ⓘ Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ Heinz Guderian ⓘ Hermann Göring ⓘ Karl Dönitz ⓘ Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ
partOf	Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Nazi regime
precededBy	Reichswehr ⓘ
replaced	Reichswehr ⓘ
responsibleFor	crimes against humanity ⓘ execution of prisoners of war ⓘ massacres of civilians ⓘ war crimes ⓘ
role	instrument of German military aggression in Europe ⓘ
startTime	1935 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ
usedLanguage	German ⓘ

Referenced by (1,248)

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

Eastern Front → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

Invasion of Poland → mainAttacker → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Luftwaffe → partOf → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Luftwaffe → notableUnit → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper units)

Italian campaign → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Warsaw Uprising → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Nazi Germany → military → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Nazi Germany → navy → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kriegsmarine

German Instrument of Surrender → surrenderingParty → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German High Command

Erwin Rommel → militaryBranch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

Polish Armed Forces in the East → primaryEnemy → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Wehrmacht → hasPart → Wehrmacht self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kriegsmarine

Fall Weiss → involvedForce → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kriegsmarine

SovietPrisonersOfWar → capturedBy → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Altmark Incident → belligerent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kriegsmarine

Battle of Berlin → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Battle of Monte Cassino → belligerent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht

Jagdgeschwader 26 → allegiance → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Albert Kesselring → allegiance → Wehrmacht ⓘ

September Campaign → hasParticipant → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Battle of Hel → involvedBranch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

Battle of Hel → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Western Front → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Operation Barbarossa → involvedUnit → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Case Blue → militaryBranch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

Georg Stumme → militaryBranch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

Panzer Army Africa → partOf → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

Panzer Army Africa → branch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

German 6th Army → partOf → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)

Operation Dragoon → belligerent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 52 → allegiance → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Anschluss of Austria → militaryForceInvolved → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Generalfeldmarschall → usedIn → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Infanterie greift an → hasContributor → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army (as institutional context)

Case White → militaryBranch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Case White → involvedUnit → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

HungerPlan → perpetratorOrganization → Wehrmacht ⓘ

CommissarOrderImplementation → perpetrator → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Army

LebensraumPolicy → associatedWithOrganization → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Soviet Stalingrad Front → opponent → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Soviet winter counteroffensives of 1942–1943 → participant → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Lehrgeschwader 1 → allegiance → Wehrmacht ⓘ

German 4th Panzer Army → partOf → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Romanian 4th Army → supportedBy → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht

British 1st Airborne Division → engagedAgainst → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Kampfgeschwader 53 → allegiance → Wehrmacht ⓘ

Gerd von Rundstedt → militaryBranch → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht)

Gerd von Rundstedt → partOf → Wehrmacht ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wehrmacht high command