OKH

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German Army command military high command

OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) was the German Army High Command responsible for directing land operations for Nazi Germany during much of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German Army command ⓘ
military high command ⓘ
abbreviation OKH self-link ⓘ
associatedWith Blitzkrieg doctrine ⓘ
German General Staff ⓘ
commandStructure high command of the German Army ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign

Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front (World War II)

World War II ⓘ
controlled German General Staff ⓘ
surface form: German Army General Staff
controlledBy Adolf Hitler after 1941 ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1945 ⓘ
distinctFrom Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
establishedIn 1935 ⓘ
fullName OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
Wünsdorf ⓘ
historicalRole central command authority for German land warfare ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
militarism ⓘ
influencedBy Prussian military tradition ⓘ
locationCountry Germany ⓘ
notableCommander Alfred Jodl ⓘ
Heinz Guderian ⓘ
Kurt Zeitzler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Walther von Brauchitsch ⓘ
operatedIn World War II ⓘ
oversawBranch Heer ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
reportedTo Adolf Hitler ⓘ
responsibleFor direction of German Army land operations ⓘ
role operational control of German ground forces ⓘ
strategic planning of army operations ⓘ
statusAfter1945 disbanded by Allied powers ⓘ
subjectOf Nuremberg Trials documentation ⓘ
military history studies ⓘ
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
timePeriod Third Reich ⓘ
surface form: Nazi era
typeOfOrganization military staff ⓘ
usedFor planning Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
planning campaigns on the Eastern Front ⓘ
usedLanguage German ⓘ

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OKH → abbreviation → OKH self-link ⓘ