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 Gdynia combatant Wehrmacht
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold eligibility Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht personnel
Battle of the Rhine combatant Wehrmacht
Battle of Kharkov belligerent Wehrmacht
Commander 15th Army Group primaryOpponent Wehrmacht
subject surface form: 15th Army Group
Otto Lasch militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Otto Lasch memberOf Wehrmacht
Otto Lasch employer Wehrmacht
German Army Group H partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Šiauliai offensive opponent Wehrmacht
Dietrich von Choltitz memberOf Wehrmacht
Gertrud Heinrici militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Gotthard Heinrici
29th Motorized Infantry Division partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Petre Dumitrescu alliedWith Wehrmacht
Schwerer Gustav railway gun usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Schwerer Gustav
Karl-Gerät self-propelled mortars usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Karl-Gerät
Vienna Offensive belligerent Wehrmacht
Battle of Köslin belligerent Wehrmacht
U.S. XX Corps primaryOpponents Wehrmacht
Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya killedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Nazi Germany forces
Battle of Kock opponent Wehrmacht
Generaloberst usedIn Wehrmacht
Axis defenses in Italy usedBy Wehrmacht
Hitler Line constructedBy Wehrmacht
Hitler Line controlledBy Wehrmacht
Winter Line operator Wehrmacht
von Senger und Etterlin family militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
Vilnius offensive combatant Wehrmacht
Kaunas offensive combatant Wehrmacht
4th Panzer Division partOf Wehrmacht
XIX Army Corps partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
XIX Army Corps allegiance Wehrmacht
German 11th Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Operation Marita codeNameBy Wehrmacht
Oberbefehlshaber West partOf Wehrmacht
Ferdinand tank destroyer usedBy Wehrmacht