Heads of Nazi Germany's Armed Forces
TOP OFFICIALS
| Supreme Commander (Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht)... |
ADOLF HITLER |
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| Highest ranking officer (Rangaeltester Offizier)... |
HERMANN WILHELM
GOERING (Reichsmarschall) |
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| C. in C. Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres)... |
ADOLF HITLER (predecessors, Walter von Brauschitsch, Werner von Fritsch) |
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| C. in C. Navy (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine)... |
KARL DOENITZ (predecessor, Erich Raeder) |
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| C. in C. Air Force (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe)... |
HERMANN WILHELM GOERING (succeeded in 1945 by Robert von
Greim) |
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A. HIGH COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht:
OKW)
| Chief of High Command (Chef des Oberkommandos der
Wehrmacht)... |
WILHELM KEITEL |
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| Chief of Operation Staff (Chef des
Wehrmachtfuehrungsstabes)... |
ALFRED JODL |
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| Deputy Chief................................. |
WALTER WARLIMONT |
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B. ARMY HIGH COMMAND (Oberkommando des Neeres: OKH)
| C. in C. Army (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres)... |
ADOLF HITLER (predecessors, Walter von Brauchitsch, Werner von Fritsch) |
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| Chief of Staff, Army (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres)... |
HANS KREBS (predecessors, Heinz Guderian, Kurt Zeitzler,
Franz Halder and Ludwig Beck) |
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C. NAVY HIGH COMMAND (Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine: OKM)
| C. in C. Navy (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine)... |
KARL DOENITZ (predecessor Erich Raeder) |
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| Admiralinspekteur............................ |
ERICH RAEDER (after 1943) |
Sources: Nizkor.
Nazi Conspiracy & Aggression, Volume II, pp. 1063-64.
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