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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OKW appliesToJurisdiction Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Armed Forces
OKW partOf Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Backe Plan beneficiary Wehrmacht
Commissar Order implementedBy Wehrmacht
Armata Italiana in Russia supportedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
ARMIR alliedWith Wehrmacht
Wilhelm von Leeb militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Wilhelm von Leeb memberOf Wehrmacht
OKH partOf Wehrmacht
Southern Front opponent Wehrmacht
Fritz Reiser militaryBranch Wehrmacht
Imperial German Army influenced Wehrmacht
KG 53 allegiance Wehrmacht
Bomber Wing 53 allegiance Wehrmacht
Army Group South partOf Wehrmacht
10th Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
10th Army commandStructure Wehrmacht
Walter Krupinski memberOf Wehrmacht
North Caucasus offensive operations combatant Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
Pomorze Army opponent Wehrmacht
8th Army partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
8th Army militaryBranchOf Wehrmacht
8th Army usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Operation Rumyantsev opponent Wehrmacht
18th Army (Wehrmacht) partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Bir el Gubi usedBy Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Colonel General Lindemann (as army-level subordinate) memberOf Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Colonel General Lindemann
Colonel General Lindemann (as army-level subordinate) serviceIn Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Colonel General Lindemann
this entity surface form: German Army in World War II
16th Army (Wehrmacht) partOf Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
Gordon Gollob militaryService Wehrmacht
Southwestern Front opponent Wehrmacht
Stavka mainOpponent Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht
DAK allegiance Wehrmacht
Panzer IV tanks usedBy Wehrmacht
subject surface form: Panzer IV
Italian Civil War combatant Wehrmacht
Maximilian von Weichs memberOf Wehrmacht
Maximilian von Weichs employer Wehrmacht
Operation Battleaxe militaryBranchInvolved Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Army
Krinkelt associatedWithMilitaryUnit Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: German Wehrmacht