High Command of the Armed Forces

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Wehrmacht command structure government agency military high command

The High Command of the Armed Forces was Nazi Germany’s supreme military command authority overseeing the coordination and strategic direction of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wehrmacht command structure ⓘ government agency ⓘ military high command ⓘ
abbreviation	OKW ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	German Air Force ⓘ German Army ⓘ German Navy ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
endCause	defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II ⓘ
formedAs	successor to Reich Ministry of War in operational matters ⓘ
hasPart	Armed Forces Intelligence Office ⓘ Foreign Armies East ⓘ Foreign Armies West ⓘ Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: Operations Staff of the Wehrmacht Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: Wehrmacht Propaganda Department Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: Wehrmachtführungsstab administrative department ⓘ economic office ⓘ legal department ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Berlin ⓘ Wünsdorf ⓘ
ideology	Nazism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
legalStatus	declared criminal organization at Nuremberg Trials ⓘ
memberOf	Third Reich ⓘ surface form: Nazi power structure
nativeName	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ⓘ
notableCommander	Alfred Jodl NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilhelm Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Colonel General Alfred Jodl NERFINISHED ⓘ Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied powers
partOf	Nazi regime ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief of the OKW ⓘ Chief of the OKW ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Operations Staff of the OKW
responsibleFor	coordination between army, navy, and air force ⓘ overall strategic planning of German armed forces ⓘ
role	coordination of Wehrmacht operations ⓘ strategic direction of the Wehrmacht ⓘ supreme military command authority of Nazi Germany ⓘ
significantEvent	involved in planning Operation Barbarossa ⓘ involved in planning campaigns in the Balkans ⓘ involved in planning operations on the Eastern Front ⓘ involved in planning the Battle of France ⓘ involved in planning the invasion of Poland ⓘ issued strategic directives for invasions in Europe ⓘ
subordinateTo	Adolf Hitler ⓘ Führer ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ

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

Wilhelm Keitel → positionHeld → High Command of the Armed Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief of the High Command of the Armed Forces

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → translatedName → High Command of the Armed Forces ⓘ

OKW → translatedName → High Command of the Armed Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht