German General Staff

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general staff military staff organization

The German General Staff was the central planning and command organization of the German Army, renowned for its highly professional, systematic approach to military strategy and operations from the 19th century through World War II.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
German General Staff canonical 18
German Army General Staff 5
Generalstab des Heeres 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general staff ⓘ
military staff organization ⓘ
activeDuring Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction German Army ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
developed Auftragstaktik ⓘ
Schlieffen Plan ⓘ
railway mobilization plans ⓘ
war contingency plans ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
dissolvedAsPartOf denazification ⓘ
dissolvedBy Allied Control Council ⓘ
field military logistics ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
operational art ⓘ
hasPart German General Staff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Generalstab des Heeres

Great General Staff ⓘ
Prussian military academy ⓘ
surface form: Kriegsakademie

intelligence section ⓘ
logistics section ⓘ
operations section ⓘ
training and education section ⓘ
inception 1806 ⓘ
Prussian era ⓘ
influenced Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Imperial Army General Staff

Army Staff ⓘ
surface form: United States Army staff system

general staff systems worldwide ⓘ
influencedBy Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
notableFor general staff officer education ⓘ
operational planning ⓘ
professional military planning ⓘ
systematic staff work ⓘ
war-gaming and exercises ⓘ
notableMember Alfred von Schlieffen ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Franz Halder ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ⓘ
Wilhelm Keitel ⓘ
partOf Imperial German Army ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
Reichswehr ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
surface form: Wehrmacht Heer
predecessor Prussian General Staff ⓘ
reputation emphasis on rigorous staff training ⓘ
highly professional officer corps ⓘ
usedLanguage German ⓘ

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Fall Weiss → plannedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
Case White → plannedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Gerd von Rundstedt → memberOf → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army general staff
Operation Sea Lion → plannedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Plan White → plannedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
Friedrich Paulus → servedIn → German General Staff ⓘ
German General Staff → hasPart → German General Staff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Generalstab des Heeres
Helmuth Weidling → partOf → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army high command on Eastern Front
OKH → controlled → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army General Staff
OKH → associatedWith → German General Staff ⓘ
Prussian Army → influenced → German General Staff ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff → employer → German General Staff ⓘ
Prussian General Staff → followedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
Prussian General Staff → influenced → German General Staff ⓘ
Prussian General Staff → replacedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Truppenamt
Army War College (Japan) → influencedBy → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German General Staff system
Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee → memberOf → German General Staff ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred von Waldersee
Hans von Seeckt → memberOf → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army General Staff
German Second Army → subordinateTo → German General Staff ⓘ
Alfred von Schlieffen → memberOf → German General Staff ⓘ
Erich von Falkenhayn → memberOf → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial German General Staff
von Leeb → partOf → German General Staff ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilhelm von Leeb
this entity surface form: German general staff (World War I)
Prussian military tradition → associatedWith → German General Staff ⓘ
Franz Halder → memberOf → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army General Staff
First Quartermaster-general → partOf → German General Staff ⓘ
27th Infantry Division (German Empire) → operatedUnder → German General Staff ⓘ
German 4th Army → commandStructure → German General Staff ⓘ
German 5th Army → subordinateTo → German General Staff ⓘ
Foreign Armies West → subordinateTo → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army General Staff
Foreign Armies East → reportedTo → German General Staff ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army General Staff
Versailles arms limitations → prohibitedCreationOf → German General Staff ⓘ
Kriegsspiel wargaming → primaryUsers → German General Staff ⓘ
subject surface form: Kriegsspiel (wargaming)