Heer

E9485

army military branch

The Heer was the land-based component of Nazi Germany’s armed forces, serving as its primary army during World War II.

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military branch →
activeInConflict	Battle of Berlin → Battle of France → Battle of Kursk → Battle of Stalingrad → Invasion of Poland → Italian Campaign → Operation Barbarossa → World War II →
country	Nazi Germany →
dissolved	1945 →
followedBy	Bundeswehr Heer → Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte →
guiltyOf	crimes against humanity → war crimes →
hasSubUnit	Fallschirmjäger division → Gebirgsjäger division → Infantry division → Panzer division → Waffen-SS units attached →
ideology	Nazism →
involvedIn	Holocaust → anti-partisan operations →
notableCommander	Alfred Jodl → Erich von Manstein → Fedor von Bock → Friedrich Paulus → Gerd von Rundstedt → Heinz Guderian → Hermann Hoth → Walther von Brauchitsch → Wilhelm Keitel →
partOf	Wehrmacht →
precededBy	Reichswehr →
role	ground forces → land forces →
subordinateTo	Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → Oberkommando des Heeres →
timePeriod	1935–1945 →
usedDoctrine	Blitzkrieg →
usedEquipment	88 mm Flak gun → Karabiner 98k rifle → MG 34 machine gun → MG 42 machine gun → Panther tank → Panzer IV → Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track → StuG III assault gun → Sturmgewehr 44 → Tiger I tank →

Referenced by (61)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
10th Army → 15th Panzer Division → 16th Army (Wehrmacht) → 18th Army (Wehrmacht) → 21st Panzer Division → 2nd Light Division → 2nd Panzer Army → 3rd Panzer Army → 4th Army → 6th Army → 716th Infantry Division → 8th Army → 90th Light Africa Division → DAK → German 17th Army → German 1st Army → German 20th Mountain Army → German 352nd Infantry Division → German Afrika Korps → German Army Group G → German Tenth Army →	branch
40th Army Corps → Alfred Gause → Army Group A → Army Group Don → Army Group Vistula → Commander-in-Chief West → Erwin Rommel → Ferdinand Schörner → Friedrich Freiherr von Broich → Gerhard von Schwerin → Günther von Kluge → Josef Harpe → Oberbefehlshaber Südost → VIII Army Corps → Walter Model → XLVIII Panzer Corps → Ziegenberg (near Bad Nauheim) in later war years →	militaryBranch
7th Panzer Division → 9th Army (Wehrmacht) → German Army engineers → Heeresgruppe Süd →	partOf
Fallschirmjäger division → Gebirgsjäger division → OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) →	operatedBy
Ghost Division →	appliedToBranch
Nazi Germany →	army
Colonel General Lindemann →	branchOfService
Waffen-SS →	distinctFrom
Wehrmacht →	hasPart
Manstein Plan →	implementedBy
Operation Weserübung →	involves
Fallschirmjäger division →	laterServiceBranch
Operation Sea Lion →	militaryBranchInvolved
German Army →	nativeLabel
OKH →	oversawBranch
Unternehmen Seelöwe →	plannedByOrganization
Bundeswehr →	serviceBranch
Panzer division →	usedBy
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross →	usedByBranch
Generalfeldmarschall →	usedIn