The Oberkommando des Heeres (lit. 'Upper Command of the Army'; abbreviated OKH) was the high command of the Army of Nazi Germany. It was founded in 1935...
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massive inefficiency. Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres Generaloberst Walter von Brauchitsch Chef des Generalstab des Heeres General der Artillerie Franz Halder...
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Foreign Armies East (redirect from Abteilung Fremde Heere Ost)
East (German: Fremde Heere Ost (FHO), founded in 1938), operated as a military-intelligence organization of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) - the Supreme...
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and the Wehrmacht. He served as the last Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) during the final phase of the war in Europe (1 April to 1...
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1941 and ended 3 May 1941. Reserves directly commanded by the Oberkommando des Heeres 4th Panzer Division (Generalmajor Willibald Freiherr von Langermann...
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compromise devised by General Franz Halder, the chief of staff of Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, Army High Command) that satisfied no one. Documents with...
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by train to the Tarnopol battles in Ukraine. On 1 May 1944, the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, the German Army High Command,) issued an order to formally...
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used by several departments of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) from 1938, especially the Oberkommando des Heeres and the Abwehr intelligence agency...
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Frommannsche Buchhandlung. p. 38. Flak (Flugzeugabwehrkanone) Oberkommando des Heeres H.Dv.481/541 – Merkblatt für die Munition der 8,8 cm Flugabwehrkanone...
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stroke 85mm), overhead valve, flat twin engine. In 1937, the German Oberkommando des Heeres ('OKH' or Army High Command) requested the development of a motorcycle...
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High Command (Oberkommando des Heeres). He was furthermore made Chief of the Armed Forces Reserve Office (Wehrersatzamt) at the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht...
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documents together with the explosives on the premises of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH). These were later found by Soviet officers on 17 February...
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'Northern Light') was devised by the German high command, the Oberkommando des Heeres ("High Command of the Army") after a year-long battle for Leningrad...
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Schonherr, a member of the Oberkommando des Heeres Michael Scheel as General Frank, a member of the Oberkommando des Heeres Buddy Joe Hooker as Gaspar...
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possessively to indicate that this was Hitler’s reserve. Oberkommando des Heeres, Generalstab des Heeres: Bestand RH 2, Bände 1–2. Verlag Bundesarchiv, Koblenz...
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Offensive Operation (30 August – 12 September 1941) The German Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) lists the following operations around Smolensk: Battle of...
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did not arrive at the Bendlerblock in Berlin from the OKH-HQ (Oberkommando des Heeres Headquarters) at Zossen to assume command of the coup forces until...
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Artillerie im Oberkommando des Heeres Ib/Az. 73: Meldungen über Geschützausfälle und Geschützbestand, Nov. 43-Mai 44, Band 1. Oberkommando der Heeresgruppe...
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Wehrmacht and was appointed chief of the organizations section of the Oberkommando des Heeres as senior officer to Claus von Stauffenberg. He was badly injured...
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for the invasion of Switzerland. Franz Halder, the head of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), recalled: "I was constantly hearing of outbursts of Hitler's...
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Stauffenberg was transferred to the organisational department of the Oberkommando des Heeres ("Army High Command"; OKH), which was directing the German invasion...
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infamous "doodlebug". Osprey, ISBN 1-8490-8967-1, 2011 page 7 Oberkommando des Heeres ed., Das Gerät A4 Baureihe B, Berlin 1945, German. Hollway, Don...
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43/2 (L/71), Beschreibung, 28.1.1944. Berlin. D97/1+ Gerätliste, Oberkommando des Heeres Heereswaffenamt, s.45, Berlin 1.7.43 YouTube video by Mark Felton...
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Armed Forces") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, "Supreme Command of the Army") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL, "Supreme Command...
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were the three branch High Commands: Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), Oberkommando der Marine (OKM), and Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL). The OKW was intended...
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of the Signal Corps (Inspekteur der Nachrichtentruppen) at the Oberkommando des Heeres, the individual formations and units were subordinated to their...
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Armed Forces HQ (the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, usually contracted to OKW) placed over the army command (Oberkommando des Heeres or OKH) and the other...
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needed a high command equivalent to that of the Army (Oberkommando des Heeres) and the Navy (Oberkommando der Marine). Thus on 5 February 1935, the OKL was...
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the new commander-in-chief of the German Army High Command (OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres) in Hitler's last testament. He nominally served in this post until...
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was under the direct control of the German High Command O.K.H. (Oberkommando des Heeres). A Feldgendarmerie major general who was in charge of all Feldgendarmerie...
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