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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Oberstleutnant usedIn Wehrmacht
Paterswalde militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Johannes Blaskowitz
Soviet Volkhov Front opponent Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Volkhov Front
Bruno Bräuer memberOf Wehrmacht
Major Otto Ernst Remer militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Otto Ernst Remer
Bruno Loerzer employer Wehrmacht
Battle of Metz defendingForce Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Vomag supplied Wehrmacht
Vomag usedBy Wehrmacht
Nibelungenwerk usedBy Wehrmacht
Maybach HL 120 TRM primaryUser Wehrmacht
Nashorn usedBy Wehrmacht
Hummel usedBy Wehrmacht
Diamonds to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross eligibility Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht personnel
Diamonds to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross associatedWith Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German armed forces in World War II
Liberation of Brussels opposingForce Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht units
Battle of the Hochwald opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht units
Hafid Ridge belligerent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
von Weichs militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Maximilian von Weichs
Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht Heer
Army corps of the Wehrmacht Heer subordinateTo Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: army (Wehrmacht Heer)
Ljotić’s Serbian Volunteer Corps alliedWith Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Heeresgruppe Afrika partOf Wehrmacht
Proletarian brigades opposedTo Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Belgrade Offensive belligerent Wehrmacht
Maybach HL42 six-cylinder petrol engine usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Maybach HL42
Maybach HL42 six-cylinder petrol engine usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Maybach HL42
this entity surface form: Nazi Germany armed forces
Marie Kuhn militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Battle of Sutjeska belligerent Wehrmacht
Georg von Bismarck memberOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Panzer-Regiment 5 allegiance Wehrmacht
Panzer-Regiment 5 usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Nachrichten-Abteilung 200 allegiance Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
10 Armia (Niemcy) należałaDo Wehrmacht