Wehrmacht (1935–1945)

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeYearsEnd 1945
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 1935
gptkbp:chiefOfOKW gptkb:Wilhelm_Keitel
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:component gptkb:Heer_(Army)
gptkb:Luftwaffe_(Air_Force)
Kriegsmarine (Navy)
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:dissolved German defeat in World War II
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:World_War_II
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
gptkbp:establishedBy gptkb:Adolf_Hitler
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wehrmacht (1935–1945)
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:Wehrgesetz_(Defense_Law)_of_1935
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Gott_mit_uns
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Erich_von_Manstein
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Heinrich_Himmler
gptkb:Wilhelm_List
gptkb:Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb
gptkb:Gerd_von_Rundstedt
gptkb:Albert_Kesselring
gptkb:Fedor_von_Bock
gptkb:Hugo_Sperrle
gptkb:Walther_von_Brauchitsch
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Fallschirmjäger
gptkb:6th_Army
gptkb:Großdeutschland_Division
gptkb:Afrika_Korps
gptkb:Gebirgsjäger
gptkb:Panzerwaffe
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (though SS was separate, often operated with Wehrmacht)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Reichswehr
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Bundeswehr_(West_Germany)
gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:sizePeak over 18 million personnel
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Allied_occupation_forces
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Balkenkreuz
gptkbp:uniform field grey
gptkbp:warCrimes gptkb:Holocaust
massacres of civilians
execution of prisoners of war
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Luftwaffe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6