Wehrmacht

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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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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

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German Army Group D partOf Wehrmacht
French Second Army opponent Wehrmacht
Wilhelm Richter militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Wilhelm Richter partOf Wehrmacht
subject surface form: 716th Infantry Division
Atlantic Wall defences operator Wehrmacht
Lenino associatedWith Wehrmacht
Dulag usedBy Wehrmacht
Jagdgeschwader 51 allegiance Wehrmacht
Memel offensive belligerent Wehrmacht
Jagdgeschwader 53 allegiance Wehrmacht
Ninth Army partOf Wehrmacht
Oflag POW camps operatedBy Wehrmacht
Little Stalingrad belligerent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
Bernhardt Line builtBy Wehrmacht
2nd Panzer Division partOf Wehrmacht
French Resistance opposedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Lothar Rendulic militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Wilm Hosenfeld
Captain Wilm Hosenfeld memberOf Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Wilm Hosenfeld
this entity surface form: German Army during World War II
German Cross in Silver usedByBranch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Heer (German Army)
Blitzkrieg usedBy Wehrmacht
Dunkirk pocket opponent Wehrmacht
11th Guards Army engagedAgainst Wehrmacht
Heeresgruppe Oberrhein partOf Wehrmacht
Tyrrhenian sector of northern Italy frontOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
43rd Army opposed Wehrmacht
Wünsdorf usedBy Wehrmacht
April War primaryAttacker Wehrmacht
Pointe du Hoc fortifiedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Army Group Courland partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Fallschirmjäger partOf Wehrmacht
2nd Guards Tank Corps opponent Wehrmacht
84th Army Corps partOf Wehrmacht
Courland Pocket opponent Wehrmacht
Battle of Tikhvin opponent Wehrmacht
7th Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht Heer)
7th Army allegiance Wehrmacht
Operation 25 participant Wehrmacht