Wehrmacht

E1498

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.

All labels observed (38)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1,248)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Army Group Vistula partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Waffen-SS distinctFrom Wehrmacht
Army Group North partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Hugo Sperrle employer Wehrmacht
Heinrich von Vietinghoff militaryBranch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Home Army opponent Wehrmacht
Battle of Lenino combatant Wehrmacht
DulagTransitCamps operatedBy Wehrmacht
Werner Mölders employer Wehrmacht
Crossing of the Rhine opponent Wehrmacht
1st Baltic Front opponent Wehrmacht
Battle of Anzio belligerent Wehrmacht
Liberation of Paris belligerent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Nazi war crimes perpetratedBy Wehrmacht
Günther Rall memberOf Wehrmacht
Manstein Plan implementedBy Wehrmacht
3rd Belorussian Front opponent Wehrmacht
Axis forces on the Eastern Front primaryComponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Heer (German Army)
German Cross in Gold usedBy Wehrmacht
Don Front opponent Wehrmacht
Italian Trieste Division foughtAlongside Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
40th Army Corps partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
40th Army Corps allegiance Wehrmacht
1939 Defensive War opponent Wehrmacht
Liberation of France opponent Wehrmacht
Operation Slapstick involvedArm Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Army Group B partOf Wehrmacht
Liberation of Belgium opponent Wehrmacht
Dieppe Raid opponent Wehrmacht
Gotthard Heinrici militaryBranch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht)
Hans-Valentin Hube militaryBranch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Hans-Valentin Hube memberOf Wehrmacht
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff memberOf Wehrmacht
Battle of Kock (1939) combatant Wehrmacht
Battle of Kock (1939) hasParticipant Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Third Reich military Wehrmacht
Polish II Corps engagedAgainst Wehrmacht
Carcano rifle usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German forces (captured weapons)
Kriegsmarine partOf Wehrmacht