Chief of the Army Command of the Reichswehr

E589624

The Chief of the Army Command of the Reichswehr was the highest-ranking professional officer responsible for leading and reorganizing Germany’s interwar army under the restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army chief of staff position
military office
abolished 1935
abolishedBy creation of the Wehrmacht
appliesToJurisdiction Weimar Republic
country Germany
createdAsResultOf Treaty of Versailles
distinctFrom Reichswehr Minister
linked to: Reichswehrminister
endTime 1935
firstHolder Walther Reinhardt
firstHolderStartTime 1919
followedBy Commander-in-Chief of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
GermanTitle Chef der Heeresleitung
Hans von Seeckt_termEnd 1926
Hans von Seeckt_termStart 1920
hasJurisdictionOver Reichswehr army officers
Reichswehr army units
historicalRole preparing framework for later Wehrmacht expansion
rebuilding German army within Versailles limits
languageOfWork German
limitedArmySizeTo 100,000 men
location Berlin
notableOfficeHolder Hans von Seeckt
officeHolder Hans von Seeckt
Walther Reinhardt
Werner von Blomberg
Wilhelm Heye
partOf Reichswehr
Reichswehr Army (Heer)
linked to: Reichswehr
replaces Chief of the General Staff of the German Army (Imperial Germany)
responsibleFor development of German interwar military doctrine
operational leadership of the Reichswehr army
organization of the Reichswehr army
rearmament planning within Treaty of Versailles limits
training of the Reichswehr army
scope professional military leadership, not political control
startTime 1919
subjectTo Treaty of Versailles military restrictions
subordinateTo Reich President
Reichswehr Minister
linked to: Reichswehrminister
succeededByOffice Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Commander-in-Chief of the Army)
timePeriod interwar period
Werner von Blomberg_termStart 1933
Wilhelm Heye_termEnd 1930
Wilhelm Heye_termStart 1926

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Hans von Seeckt positionHeld Chief of the Army Command of the Reichswehr
Chief of the Army Command of the Reichswehr replaces Chief of the General Staff of the German Army (Imperial Germany)
linked to: Chief of the Army Command of the Reichswehr
Franz Halder positionHeld Chief of the Army General Staff (Germany)
subject linked to: Max Halder
linked to: Chief of the Army Command of the Reichswehr