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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Polish capitulation at Hel militaryBranchInvolved Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Battle of Mokra combatant Wehrmacht
Liberation of Luxembourg belligerent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Ruhr Pocket opponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Reichsmarschall of the Greater German Reich highestRankIn Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Nazi Germany armed forces
German sniper Erwin König militaryBranch Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Erwin König
Army Group Don partOf Wehrmacht
Army Group Don partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Heer)
Krupp (company) supplied Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Krupp
Operation Braunschweig namedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Operation Braunschweig implementedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Alfred Jodl militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Erich von Manstein memberOf Wehrmacht
Erich von Manstein employer Wehrmacht
Gustav Line usedBy Wehrmacht
Battle for Rome opponent Wehrmacht
Manfred Rommel militaryService Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht auxiliary (Flakhelfer)
Reich government controlled Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German armed forces
Chiang Wei-kuo militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Norwegian 6th Division opponent Wehrmacht
U.S. Seventh Army opponent Wehrmacht
Heinz Guderian militaryBranch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Soviet Central Front opposedBy Wehrmacht
Soviet Voronezh Front opponent Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Voronezh Front
Wilhelm List memberOf Wehrmacht
German Army Group G partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Hans Jordan militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Fedor von Bock militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Fedor von Bock employer Wehrmacht
Georg-Hans Reinhardt militaryBranch Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Georg-Hans Reinhardt memberOf Wehrmacht
Johannes Blaskowitz memberOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Helmuth Weidling militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Ninth Air Force engagedAgainst Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht ground forces
88 mm Flak gun usedBy Wehrmacht
Fighter Wing 52 allegiance Wehrmacht
Ewald von Kleist militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Ewald von Kleist employer Wehrmacht