Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Q4220)

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High Command of the Armed Forces, established in 1938,
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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
High Command of the Armed Forces, established in 1938,
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The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW; Wehrmacht High Command), established in 1938, was designed to exercise command and control of the three branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (army), the Luftwaffe (air force), and the Kriegsmarine (navy)—each of which had its own high command. Adolf Hitler served as the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces (after February 1938) and Commander in Chief of the Arm
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