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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Battle of Königsberg opponent Wehrmacht
Hermann Balck memberOf Wehrmacht
Hermann Balck partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army armored forces
Battle of Danzig (1945) opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
Hans Scholl militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Italian Army Group C operatedUnderCommandOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Armed Forces
Italian Army Group C alliedWith Wehrmacht
28th Army opponent Wehrmacht
Kock battleBelligerent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
2nd Army (Wehrmacht) partOf Wehrmacht
Liberation of ’s-Hertogenbosch participant Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
Dietrich von Saucken memberOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht)
39th Army engagedAgainst Wehrmacht
1st Panzer Division partOf Wehrmacht
Franciszek Kleeberg capturedBy Wehrmacht
XIV Motorized Corps usedBy Wehrmacht
Battle of Ancona combatant Wehrmacht
Ruhrkessel belligerent Wehrmacht
Wolfgang Paul militaryService Wehrmacht
2nd Armoured Brigade opposed Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Polish–German front combatant Wehrmacht
15th Army partOf Wehrmacht
German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg branch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Heer (German Army)
German Fourteenth Army partOf Wehrmacht
Georg von Küchler memberOf Wehrmacht
Gustav Kleikamp allegiance Wehrmacht
Belorussian Front enemyForces Wehrmacht
German Army Group C partOf Wehrmacht
Battle of Kolberg combatant Wehrmacht
5th Panzer Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
U.S. XII Corps opponent Wehrmacht
Heinrich Eberbach memberOf Wehrmacht
Heinrich Eberbach memberOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Heer)