German Army (World War II)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_Army_(World_War_II)

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activePeriod	1935–1945
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded	1945
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:OKH_(Oberkommando_des_Heeres)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	German Army (World War II)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Gott_mit_uns
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad gptkb:Battle_of_France gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa gptkb:Battle_of_Moscow
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Erwin_Rommel gptkb:Wilhelm_Keitel gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock gptkb:Heinz_Guderian gptkb:Walther_von_Brauchitsch
gptkbp:notableDoctrine	gptkb:Blitzkrieg
gptkbp:notableUnit	Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) Infantry divisions Panzer divisions Waffen-SS (collaborated but separate)
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Heer
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Albania gptkb:Australia gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Brazil gptkb:Bulgaria gptkb:Canada gptkb:China gptkb:Czechoslovakia gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Finland gptkb:France gptkb:Greece gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Luxembourg gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:Norway gptkb:Philippines gptkb:Poland gptkb:Romania gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States gptkb:Yugoslavia gptkb:Italy_(after_1943) gptkb:India_(British_Raj)
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:peakPeriod	over 6 million personnel
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Reichswehr
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:warCrimes	Holocaust participation massacres of civilians execution of prisoners of war
gptkbp:weapon	gptkb:Panzer_IV_tank gptkb:Tiger_I_tank gptkb:88_mm_gun gptkb:MG_42_machine_gun gptkb:Sturmgewehr_44 Messerschmitt Bf 109 (Luftwaffe, but supported army)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rudolf_Schock gptkb:Rudolf_Dassler
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6