OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)

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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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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
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

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Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe A subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
10. Armee commandStructure OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Wehrkreis VI staff subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Wehrkreis VI staff subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army high command
12th Army subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Luftwaffe field divisions laterSubordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army high command
First Quartermaster-general seatOfOffice OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Heeresgruppe Afrika subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104 subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army high command (OKH)
10 Armia (Niemcy) podlegała OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Naczelne Dowództwo Wojsk Lądowych (OKH)
Commander of Army Group South subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
6th SS Panzer Corps commandStructure OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
1. Armee subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
German Army Weapons Office subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
German Army Weapons Office subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Kurt von der Chevallerie partOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army high command
Commander of Army Group North partOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Commander of Army Group North subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
German XIV Panzer Corps subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Foreign Armies West partOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Foreign Armies West parentOrganization OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Foreign Armies West usedBy OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Foreign Armies East partOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
Foreign Armies East partOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Foreign Armies East operatedBy OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
German 6th Army commandStructure OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command (Oberste Heeresleitung)
Commander of Army Group Ostmark usedBy OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
German Army on the Eastern Front subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
German Army Group A subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
OKL parallelOrganization OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
OKM parallelTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
naval operations staff coordinatedWith OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army High Command
Reinhard Gehlen memberOf OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Wehrmacht general staff
German Army units in Lapland subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: Army High Command (OKH)
Fliegerabteilung 62 subordinateTo OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
this entity surface form: German Army high command