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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von Kluge militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Günther von Kluge
3rd Shock Army opponent Wehrmacht
Carl Ludwig Long militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Arthur Rudolph employer Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Adolf Strauss militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Adolf Strauss memberOf Wehrmacht
German 7th Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
German 7th Army partOf Wehrmacht
4th Shock Army opponent Wehrmacht
2nd Baltic Front opposedBy Wehrmacht
Indian 4th Infantry Division engagedAgainst Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Battle of Vyazma belligerent Wehrmacht
Soviet 6th Army primaryEnemy Wehrmacht
Richard Ruoff militaryBranch Wehrmacht
17. Armee partOf Wehrmacht
Panzergruppe Eberbach partOf Wehrmacht
Panzergruppe Eberbach service Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
3rd Mountain Division branch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht Heer)
Battle of Leros opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German armed forces
3rd Baltic Front opposedBy Wehrmacht
Kurt Debus militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Leeb militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Gerhard Wilck militaryBranch Wehrmacht
A-4 rocket usedBy Wehrmacht
StuH 42 designatedBy Wehrmacht
German XIV Panzer Corps partOf Wehrmacht
Panzer Badge usedBy Wehrmacht
Maybach HL62 TRM petrol engine usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Maybach HL62 TRM
FAMO served Wehrmacht
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (in practice for joint operations) partOf Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Foreign Armies West partOf Wehrmacht
Orel sector belligerent Wehrmacht
Raus militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Erhard Raus
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
General der Panzertruppe usedBy Wehrmacht
General der Panzertruppe usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (1935–1945)
Soviet 3rd Army opposedBy Wehrmacht
Operation Market opposedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Soviet 13th Army opponent Wehrmacht