Oberkommando des Heeres
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Key facts
- Disbanded
- 23 May 1945
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Branch
- German Army
- Type
- High Command
- Part of
- Armed Forces High Command ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht )
- Headquarters
- Maybach I , Wünsdorf
- Nickname
- OKH
- Commander in chief
- See list
- Chief of the general staff
- See list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- military unit
- Part of
- German Army
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- German Army
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- short name
- OKH
- inception
- 1935-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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 as part of Adolf Hitler's rearmament of Germany. OKH was de facto the most important unit within the German war planning until the defeat at Moscow in December 1941.
During World War II, OKH had the responsibility of strategic planning of Armies and Army Groups. The General Staff of the OKH managed operational matters. Each German Army also had an Army High Command (Armeeoberkommando or AOK). The Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht) then took over this function for theatres other than the Eastern front.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oberkommando des Heeres” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.