Heer (Nazi Germany)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeYears 1935–1945
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Heer (Nazi Germany)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Gott_mit_uns
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:Heinrich_Himmler
gptkb:Walther_von_Brauchitsch
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Berlin
gptkb:North_African_Campaign
gptkb:Balkans_Campaign
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden_(opposed)
gptkb:Operation_Overlord_(opposed)
gptkb:Italian_Campaign
gptkb:Nuremberg_Trials_(war_crimes)
gptkb:Surrender_of_Germany_(1945)
Eastern Front operations
Holocaust involvement (some units)
Operation Valkyrie (some officers involved)
Western Front operations
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Invasion_of_Poland
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:notableUnit Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers)
Gebirgsjäger (mountain troops)
Infantry divisions
Panzer divisions
Waffen-SS (collaborated but not part of Heer)
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Reichswehr
gptkbp:role land warfare
gptkbp:size up to 13 million personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Balkenkreuz
gptkbp:uniform field grey
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Karabiner_98k
gptkb:Tiger_I_tank
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkb:MG_42
gptkb:Sturmgewehr_44
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Reichsheer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7