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 98th Infantry Division partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Dettmar Cramer militaryService Wehrmacht
Operation Suvorov (Smolensk offensive, 1943) militaryFormationInvolved Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Operation Suvorov
Orsha offensives opponent Wehrmacht
22nd Army opponent Wehrmacht
30th Army primaryEnemy Wehrmacht
64th Army engagedAgainst Wehrmacht
21st Army opponent Wehrmacht
19th Army opponent Wehrmacht
20th Army primaryEnemyFormation Wehrmacht
Bendlerblock historicallyUsedBy Wehrmacht
Bobruysk offensive belligerent Wehrmacht
29th Army opponent Wehrmacht
33rd Army opponent Wehrmacht
Konrad Haase employer Wehrmacht
Konrad Haase partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German armed forces in World War II
Harpe militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Josef Harpe
Sonderkommando 4a cooperatedWith Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht units
PzKpfw I usedBy Wehrmacht
Panzerjäger I usedBy Wehrmacht
49th Army opponent Wehrmacht
Libyan campaign belligerent Wehrmacht
Mauser HSc pistol usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Mauser HSc
Battle of Garigliano (1944) belligerent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces
FFI enemy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: French Forces of the Interior
Army Group G partOf Wehrmacht
Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Kurt Waldheim militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Traugott Herr militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Georg Lindemann militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Jagdgeschwader 7 allegiance Wehrmacht
Battle of Halbe combatant Wehrmacht
Stalingrad Tractor Factory attackedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht