Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (in practice for joint operations)

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Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) was the high command of Nazi Germany’s air force, responsible for directing Luftwaffe strategy, operations, and administration during the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Luftwaffe command structure
military high command
abbreviation OKL
allegiance Nazi Germany
Third Reich
associatedWith Luftwaffe High Command
surface form: Luftwaffe leadership

Nazi war crimes
commander Hermann Göring
commandLanguage German
commandStructure centralized
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War

World War II
country Nazi Germany
countryCapital Berlin
dissolvedInPeriod 1945
era Nazi era
establishedInPeriod 1930s
governmentTypeContext totalitarian dictatorship
headedBy Hermann Göring
surface form: Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
historicalPeriod 1939–1945
ideology Nazism
surface form: National Socialism
involvedIn Battle of Britain planning
Eastern Front air operations
strategic bombing campaigns in Europe
language German
location Berlin
militaryBranch air force
nativeName Luftwaffe
surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
oversaw Luftflotten
Luftwaffe technical and supply services
Luftwaffe training commands
partOf Wehrmacht
responsibleFor Luftwaffe logistics and administration
air strategy of Nazi Germany
coordination of air support for ground and naval forces
planning Luftwaffe operations
role administrative control of the Luftwaffe
high command of the Luftwaffe
operational control of Luftwaffe forces
strategic leadership of the Luftwaffe
serviceBranch Luftwaffe
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
subunitOf German military
surface form: German armed forces
theaterOfOperations Europe
North Africa
Soviet Union
typeOfCommand service high command

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Chief of the OKW hasAuthorityOver Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (in practice for joint operations)