OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)

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German military high command Nazi Germany military organization army high command

The Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) was the German Army High Command responsible for directing the operations and administration of the Heer (Army) in Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Oberkommando des Heeres 17
German Army High Command 4
German Army High Command (OKH) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German military high command ⓘ
Nazi Germany military organization ⓘ
army high command ⓘ
abbreviation OKH ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of Poland

Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
commandStructure centralized staff organization ⓘ
conflict Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front of World War II

World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
distinctFrom Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
hadSection intelligence staff ⓘ
logistics staff ⓘ
operations staff ⓘ
personnel office ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
Wünsdorf ⓘ
historicalPeriod Nazi era ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
ideologyContext Nazism ⓘ
surface form: National Socialism
languageOfName German ⓘ
nativeName OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
notableCommander Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Heinz Guderian ⓘ
Walther von Brauchitsch NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy Heer ⓘ
oversawUnitType German field armies ⓘ
army groups ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht High Command ⓘ
surface form: Wehrmacht command structure
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Army
responsibleFor army administration ⓘ
logistics of the German Army ⓘ
personnel management of the German Army ⓘ
planning army operations ⓘ
training of the German Army ⓘ
role administrative command of the German Army ⓘ
operational command of the German Army ⓘ
serviceBranch German Army ⓘ
subjectOf studies of German military command in World War II ⓘ
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: German Army High Command
16th Army → commandStructure → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army High Command (OKH)
Operation Braunschweig → commandedBy → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German High Command (OKH)
Ziegenberg (near Bad Nauheim) in later war years → controlledBy → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Wehrmacht High Command → differentFrom → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
OKW → distinctFrom → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
OKH → fullName → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Chief of the OKW → hasAuthorityOver → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres (in practice increasingly after 1941)
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → hasPart → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
OKW → hasPart → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
GermanArmyGroupNorth → higherCommand → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
Manstein Plan → initiallyRejectedBy → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Walther Model → memberOf → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) → nativeName → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
2nd Light Division → operatedBy → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Commander-in-Chief South (Oberbefehlshaber Süd) → partOf → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief South
this entity surface form: German Army command structure
Oberbefehlshaber Südost → partOf → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Operation Blue → plannedBy → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Chief of the OKW → relatedTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
9th Army → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Army Group A → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Commander of Army Group A → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
German Army Group G → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: German High Command of the Army (OKH)
German-Italian Panzer Army → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Heer → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Heeresgruppe Süd → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Oberbefehlshaber Südost → subordinateTo → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres