Reich Ministry of Defence

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defence ministry government ministry

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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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Reich Minister of Defence 2
Reich Ministry of War 2
Reichswehrministerium 2

Statements (44)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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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 ⓘ