German Supreme Command

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The German Supreme Command was the highest military leadership body of the German Empire during World War I, directing overall strategy and operations under figures such as Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf command authority
military high command
associatedWithEvent militarization of German politics during World War I
associatedWithPolicy unrestricted submarine warfare
commandedBranch German Army
country German Empire
directedOperation Battle of Verdun
Battle of the Somme
German Spring Offensive (1918)
surface form: Spring Offensive of 1918
dissolvedAfter German defeat in World War I
dissolvedWith collapse of Imperial German monarchy
exercisedPower de facto political influence in the German Empire
headquartersLocation Berlin
Spa
implemented Schlieffen Plan
surface form: Schlieffen Plan variants
influenced German war strategy on the Eastern Front
German war strategy on the Western Front
notableCommander Erich Ludendorff
Erich von Falkenhayn
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Paul von Hindenburg
operatedInConflict World War I
partOf German military establishment
responsibility operational direction of German armed forces
overall military strategy
role highest military leadership body of the German Empire during World War I
subordinateTo German Emperor
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
surface form: Kaiser Wilhelm II
timePeriod World War I
surface form: World War I era
usedLanguage German

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk negotiatedWith German Supreme Command
Erich Ludendorff workLocation German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung
German Second Army subordinateTo German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung
German Revolution of 1918–1919 opponent German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: German High Command
German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg commandStructure German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung (German Supreme Army Command)
German Eighth Army higherCommand German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung
First Quartermaster-general associatedWith German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung
German 5th Army higherCommand German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: German Western Front command
1. Armee subordinateTo German Supreme Command
this entity surface form: Oberste Heeresleitung