Reich Ministry of Defence

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The Reich Ministry of Defence was the central governmental body responsible for overseeing and directing Germany’s armed forces during the Weimar Republic and early Nazi era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defence ministry
government ministry
alsoKnownAs Reich Ministry of Defence
surface form: Reichswehrministerium
appliesToJurisdiction Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
archivesAt German Federal Archives
country Germany
dissolved 1938
followedBy Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
Reich Ministry of Defence self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reich Ministry of War
hasHistoricalRole centralization of German military command
coordination of army and navy under the Reich
hasPart Army Office
Navy Office
Reichswehr Ministry staff
hasResponsibility defence policy
direction of Germany's armed forces
military administration
oversight of the Reichswehr
headquartersLocation Bendlerblock
Berlin
inception 1919
jurisdiction Reichswehr
languageOfWorkOrName German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Prussia
locatedInTime Weimar Republic era
early Nazi era
notableOfficeHolder Gustav Noske
Otto Gessler
Werner von Blomberg NERFINISHED
Wilhelm Groener NERFINISHED
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Reich Ministry of Defence self-linksurface differs
surface form: Reich Minister of Defence
partOf Reich government
replaces Bavarian War Ministry
Prussian Ministry of War
Saxon War Ministry
Württemberg War Ministry
significantEvent implementation of Treaty of Versailles military restrictions
reorganization of German armed forces after World War I
transition to Wehrmacht command structures
subjectOf historiography of Weimar military politics
subordinateTo Reich government
surface form: Government of Nazi Germany

Weimar Republic
surface form: Government of the Weimar Republic
timePeriod interwar period

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Reich Ministry of Defence alsoKnownAs Reich Ministry of Defence
this entity surface form: Reichswehrministerium
Reichswehr commanderTitle Reich Ministry of Defence
this entity surface form: Reichswehrminister
Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven controlledBy Reich Ministry of Defence
this entity surface form: German Ministry of Defence (historical)
Reich Ministry of Defence followedBy Reich Ministry of Defence self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reich Ministry of War
Reich Ministry of Defence officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment Reich Ministry of Defence self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Reich Minister of Defence
Kurt von Schleicher positionHeld Reich Ministry of Defence
this entity surface form: Reich Minister of Defence
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht replaced Reich Ministry of Defence
this entity surface form: Reichswehrministerium
OKW replaced Reich Ministry of Defence
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Reich Ministry of War
Reichswehr subordinateTo Reich Ministry of Defence