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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Heinz Eberbach militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Ulrich Kleemann militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Gustav Höhne militaryBranch Wehrmacht
M10 tank destroyer usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht (captured)
OB Süd partOf Wehrmacht
Bryansk sector involvedForce Wehrmacht
Capture of Cherbourg opponent Wehrmacht
Carl Hilpert militaryBranch Wehrmacht
German LXXXIV Corps partOf Wehrmacht
German Army Group F partOf Wehrmacht
German Ninth Army partOf Wehrmacht
German Colonel Fritz Fullriede militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Fritz Fullriede
Vosges Campaign opponent Wehrmacht
Rome-Arno opponent Wehrmacht
Army Group C partOf Wehrmacht
Hans von Luck militaryBranch Wehrmacht
41st Army opponent Wehrmacht
LVII Panzer Corps partOf Wehrmacht
Western Front opponent Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Western Front (Soviet formation)
Army Group D partOf Wehrmacht
1st Guards Army opponent Wehrmacht
23rd Panzer Division partOf Wehrmacht
Soviet 51st Army opponent Wehrmacht
Windhund Division partOf Wehrmacht
German 708th Volksgrenadier Division partOf Wehrmacht
subject surface form: 708th Volksgrenadier Division
Soviet 5th Shock Army opponent Wehrmacht
División Azul partOf Wehrmacht
Blue Legion partOf Wehrmacht
Hosenfeld militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Wilm Hosenfeld
Hans Oster militaryBranch Wehrmacht
XLVII Panzer Corps partOf Wehrmacht
German 4th Army partOf Wehrmacht
Freddie Oversteegen opponent Wehrmacht
Walter Heitz militaryBranch Wehrmacht
13th Army opponent Wehrmacht
Wilm Hosenfeld militaryBranch Wehrmacht