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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht: (OKW) In Nazi Germany, the High Command of the Armed Forces, or the military staff office in direct support of Adolf Hitler [e]
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Parent topics
- German military forces [r]: German military traditions and organization from pre-19th century unification, through the World Wars, through reunification [e]
- Wehrmacht [r]: The combined regular military forces (i.e., excluding the SS) of Nazi Germany, under the High Command of the Armed Forces (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), including the Army (Heer), Navy (navy) and Air Force (Luftwaffe) [e]
Subtopics
Staff
- Wilhelm Keitel [r]: Field Marshal of Nazi Germany who headed the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht; executed for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- Alfred Jodl [r]: Colonel-general in the Army of Nazi Germany; head of operations branch of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, the overall command staff; executed for war crimes by sentence of the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg) [e]
- Walter Warlimont [r]: (1894-1976) General officer in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht operations staff, assisting Alfred Jodl; sentenced to life in the High Command Case (NMT), released 1957 [e]
Liasions
- Karl Ritter [r]: German Ambassador to Brazil (1937-1938); Nazi Party member; Ambassador for Special Assignments, Reich Foreign Office (1939-1945); Liaison from Foreign Minister to Chief of Oberkommando der Wehrmacht; defendant in Ministries Case (NMT) [e]
- Oberkommando des Heeres [r]: (OKH) German Army headquarters under the Third Reich; effectively the headquarters for the Russian Front [e]
- Oberkommando der Luftwaffe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Oberkommando der Marine [r]: (OKM) Highest-level headquarters of the navy (i.e., Navy) under the Third Reich [e]