Kriegsmarine High Command

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The Kriegsmarine High Command was the supreme leadership body of Nazi Germany’s navy, responsible for directing naval strategy, operations, and administration during the Third Reich.


Statements (119)
Predicate Object
instanceOf military high command
naval command authority
appliesToJurisdiction Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
German territorial waters
German-occupied Europe
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
country Nazi Germany
dissolved 1945
hasPart Allgemeines Marineamt
Marinekommandoamt
Marinewaffenamt
Seekriegsleitung
U-boat command staff
administrative and legal sections
coastal defense command staff
logistics and supply sections
mines and anti-mines warfare sections
naval air liaison sections
naval amphibious operations planning sections
naval anti-submarine warfare planning sections
naval archives and records sections
naval attaché coordination sections
naval awards and honors records sections
naval blockade and economic warfare planning sections
naval budget and finance sections
naval camouflage and deception planning sections
naval cartography and hydrography sections
naval censorship and information control sections
naval chaplaincy coordination
naval coastal artillery command sections
naval coastal fortifications planning sections
naval coastal radar and observation network coordination
naval coastal shipping control sections
naval commerce protection planning sections
naval construction and engineering sections
naval convoy and escort planning sections
naval courts and disciplinary authorities
naval cryptography and code sections
naval decorations and awards office
naval demobilization planning sections
naval discipline and morale monitoring sections
naval dockyard administration oversight
naval engineering training sections
naval enlisted personnel administration
naval fuel and supply depots coordination
naval fuel consumption and logistics planning sections
naval gunnery training sections
naval harbor and base commands
naval harbor construction and expansion planning sections
naval historical research sections
naval intelligence sections
naval legal training sections
naval liaison to Heer
naval liaison to Luftwaffe
naval liaison to SS and police authorities
naval liaison to foreign navies
naval liaison to party and state authorities
naval medical service coordination
naval medical training sections
naval merchant raider operations planning sections
naval meteorological service
naval minefield planning and clearance sections
naval mobilization planning sections
naval museum and memorial liaison sections
naval non-commissioned officer schools
naval officer candidate schools
naval officer corps administration
naval operations staff
naval pensions and veterans affairs sections
naval port security and harbor defense sections
naval prisoner-of-war affairs sections
naval prisoner-of-war camp oversight sections
naval propaganda and public information sections
naval psychological warfare and propaganda planning sections
naval research and development sections
naval reserve officer administration
naval river and inland waterways sections
naval salvage and rescue coordination
naval ship design and standardization sections
naval ship repair and maintenance coordination
naval signals intelligence training sections
naval signals training sections
naval special operations coordination sections
naval staff officer training sections
naval submarine training sections
naval technical testing facilities
naval torpedo and mine training sections
naval training fleet command
naval training schools oversight
naval transport and merchant shipping control sections
naval war college-level education sections
naval war diary and documentation sections
naval weapons testing ranges administration
naval welfare and family support sections
personnel office of the Kriegsmarine
shipbuilding and armaments offices
signals and communications sections
surface fleet command staff
training and education sections
headquartersLocation Berlin
Berlin-Wilhelmshaven axis
inception 1935
languageOfWorkOrName German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Greater German Reich
Prussia
militaryBranch Kriegsmarine
nativeLabel Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine
operatedBy Kriegsmarine
partOf Wehrmacht
replaced Reichsmarine command structures
replacedBy Allied Control Council naval authorities
shortName OKM
subordinateTo Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
timePeriod Nazi era
World War II

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Reich Ministry of Armaments and War Production
collaboratedWith
Operation Rheinübung
plannedBy
Karl Dönitz ("Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote")
positionHeld

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